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命运

mìng yùn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 命運

命运 (mìng yùn) means "fate; destiny". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 命运 means

1. fate; destiny

The characters in 命运

• 命mìnglife; fate; order or command
• 运yùnto move; to transport; to use

Example sentences

• 他命运多舛。
  He is unfortunate.
• 这是你的命运。
  This is your fate.
• 她该接受她的命运。
  She had to accept her fate.
• 你才是自己命运的主人。
  You are the master of your own destiny.
• 我们都有要实现的命运吗？
  Do we all have a destiny to fulfill?
• 谁知道他们的命运到底是什么。
  Shéizhīdào tāmen de mìngyùn dàodǐ shì shénme.
  God knows what their fate will be.

Words containing 命运

• 镇压反革命运动Zhèn yā Fǎn gé mìng Yùn dòngCampaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries (PRC political campaign from 1950-1952)…

Where 命运 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Life, Fate & Command (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read mìng yùn correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.