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人算不如天算

Mandarin · pinyin rén suàn bù rú tiān suàn

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2–4–4–2–1–4 · ren2 suan4 bu4 ru2 tian1 suan4

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jan4 syun3 bat1 jyu4 tin1 syun3

Cantonese word readings for 人算不如天算. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

jan4 syun3 bat1 jyu4 tin1 syun3

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

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the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry; no matter how much one plans things out, life always intervenes; man proposes, God disposes; God's plans supersede our own