天無絕人之路
简 天无绝人之路 · 繁 天無絕人之路Meanings
- Heaven never bars one's way (idiom); don't despair and you will find a way through.
- Never give up hope.
- Never say die.
Characters in this entry
- 天
- tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
- 無
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- 絕
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- 人
- rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
- 之
- zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
- 路
- lù · road, path, street; journey
- 无
- wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
- 绝
- jué · to cut, sever, break off, terminate
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Mandarin tones
1–2–2–2–1–4 · tian1 wu2 jue2 ren2 zhi1 lu4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
tin1 mou4 zyut6 jan4 zi1 lou6
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proverb
- Heaven never bars one's way; there is always a way out.
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