planning is with man, accomplishing with heaven (idiom); Man proposes but God disposes.
trad. 謀事在人，成事在天
Also written 謀事在人，成事在天【móu shì zài rén , chéng shì zài tiān】
Characters in this word
6谋
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to plan, to seek, scheme
- Pinyin
- móu
- Traditional
- 謀
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 4946 of 2500
事
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matter, thing, item, work, affair, CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- Pinyin
- shì
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 68 of 2500
在
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to exist; to be alive, (of sb or sth) to be (located) at, (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- Pinyin
- zài
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 6 of 2500
人
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person; people, CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- Pinyin
- rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 30 of 2500
成
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surname Cheng, short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]
- Pinyin
- Chéng
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 677 of 2500
天
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day, sky, heaven
- Pinyin
- tiān
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 211 of 2500