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盡人事，聽天命
简 尽人事，听天命 · 繁 盡人事，聽天命Mandarin · pinyin jìn rén shì , tīng tiān mìng
Meanings
- (idiom) to do one's best and leave the rest to fate; to do everything within one's power, then accept whatever happens
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- 盡
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- 人
- rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
- 事
- shì · affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
- 聽
- tīng · hear, listen; understand; obey
- 天
- tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
- 命
- mìng · life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction
- 尽
- jǐn · exhaust, use up; deplete
- 听
- tīng · hear; understand; obey, comply
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