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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 听天由命
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 19,269 | 44,390 | 27,702 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Other Words Containing 听天由命
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 听天由命 | - | - | 19,269 | 44,390 | 27,702 |