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听天由命

tīng tiān yóu mìng

4-character word Traditional 聽天由命

What 听天由命 means

1. idiomto submit to the will of heaven; to resign oneself to fate; to trust to luck

The characters in 听天由命

• 听tīngto listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin")
• 天tiānday; sky; heaven
• 由yóuto follow; from; because of; due to
• 命mìnglife; fate; order or command

Example sentences

• 你只能听天由命。
  Nǐ zhǐnéng tīngtiānyóumìng.
  You can only let the matter take its own course.