穷达有命 qióngdáyǒumìng failure or success is fated Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 穷达 窮達 qióngdá failure and success (literary) failure and success; poverty and prosperity; the vicissitudes of one's career or life path有命 yǒumìng predestined Referring to one's fate or destiny as being predetermined, as in the expression 死生有命，富贵在天 sǐshēngyǒumìngfùguìzàitiān