听天由命 meaning in English
(idiom) to submit to the will of heaven; to resign oneself to fate; to trust to luck
Traditional 聽天由命24 strokes
Meaning of 听天由命
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
tīngtiānyóumìng
- (idiom) to submit to the will of heaven; to resign oneself to fate; to trust to luck
听天由命 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
你只能听天由命。
You can only let the matter take its own course.
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听 tīng · to listen to · 7 strokes
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天 tiān · day · 4 strokes
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由 yóu · to follow · 5 strokes
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命 mìng · life · 8 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 听天由命.
| 今天 | jīntiān | today; the present time; now |
| 明天 | míngtiān | tomorrow |
| 听到 | tīngdào | to hear |
| 昨天 | zuótiān | yesterday |
| 听见 | tīngjiàn | to hear |
| 天气 | tiānqì | weather |
| 白天 | báitiān | daytime; during the day |
| 好听 | hǎotīng | pleasant to hear |
| 星期天 | xīngqītiān | Sunday |
| 后天 | hòutiān | the day after tomorrow; life after birth (the period in which one develops through experie |
| 半天 | bàntiān | half of the day; a long time |
| 前天 | qiántiān | the day before yesterday |
Questions about 听天由命
What does 听天由命 mean?
听天由命 (tīngtiānyóumìng) means "(idiom) to submit to the will of heaven; to resign oneself to fate; to trust to luck".
How do you write 听天由命?
听天由命 is made of 4 characters: 听 (7 strokes), 天 (4 strokes), 由 (5 strokes), 命 (8 strokes). That is 24 strokes in total.
How is 听天由命 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 听天由命 is written 聽天由命.