| 尽人事，听天命 |
jìn rén shì , tīng tiān mìng |
(idiom) to do one's best and leave the rest to fate; to do everything within one's power, then accept whatever happens |
| 尽 |
jǐn |
to the greatest extent / (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme / to be within the limits of / to give priority to |
| 尽 |
jìn |
to use up / to exhaust / to end / to finish / to the utmost / exhausted / finished / to the limit (of sth) / all / entirely |
| 尽人事 |
jìn rén shì |
to do one's utmost; to do everything one can |
| 人 |
rén |
person; people / CL:个,位,名 |
| 人事 |
rén shì |
personnel / human resources / human affairs / ways of the world / (euphemism) sexuality / the facts of life |
| 事 |
shì |
matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件,桩,回 |
| 听 |
yǐn |
smile (archaic) |
| 听 |
tīng |
to listen to; to hear / to heed; to obey / a can (loanword from English "tin") / classifier for canned beverages / to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) / (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) |
| 天 |
tiān |
day / sky / heaven |
| 天命 |
Tiān mìng |
Mandate of Heaven / destiny / fate / one's life span |
| 命 |
mìng |
life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc |