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听天由命		Traditional Chinese
聽天由命
Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
tīng tiān yóu mìng		Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
ting3 tin1 yau4 ming6
Short definition to trust to luck
Usage frequency Somewhat infrequent
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All available English definitions to trust to luckMDBG icon / to submit to the will of heavenMDBG icon / to resign oneself to fateMDBG icon / be resigned to one's fateAdso icon /
Copyleft icon Adso icon Adso: be resigned to one's fate
Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: samemdbg
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: to submit to the will of heaven; to resign oneself to fate; to trust to luck
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Copyleft icon Cdict icon CDict: '
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你(nǐ) variant of 你, you (female)
只能(zhǐ néng) can only
听天由命(tīng tiān yóu mìng) to trust to luck
。
You can only let the matter take its own course.

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