| 听天由命 |
tīng tiān yóu mìng |
(idiom) to submit to the will of heaven; to resign oneself to fate; to trust to luck |
| 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 |
| 由 |
yóu |
to follow / from / because of; due to / by; via; through / (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... |
| 命 |
mìng |
life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc |