tīng tiān yóu mìng
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  • derogsubmit to the will of Heaven; trust to luck; leave things to chance; meet one's fate with resignation

    • dé zhè zhǒng bìng zhǐ hǎo tīng tiān yóu mìng

      只好听天由命

      When you get this kind of disease, there's nothing you can do but put yourself in the hands of God.

    • dào le zhè bù nǐ zhǐ hǎo tīng tiān yóu mìng

      只好听天由命

      When you've come to such a pass, there's nothing you can do but resign to your fate.

    • bō xià zhǒng zi hòu ràng tā tīng tiān yóu mìng zhǎng ba

      种子听天由命

      Once you've sown, you just have to trust to luck.

    • zhèng fǔ pāo qì le nàn mín ràng tā men tīng tiān yóu mìng

      政府抛弃难民他们听天由命

      The government had abandoned the refugees to their fate.