盡人力，聽天命

Chinese

		to use up; to exhaust; to end to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth)	manpower; human power; human strength
trad. (盡人力，聽天命)		盡	人力	，	聽天命
simp. (尽人力，听天命)		尽	人力	，	听天命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìn rénlì, tīng tiānmìng, jìn rénlì, tìng tiānmìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄌㄧˋ , ㄊㄧㄥ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄇㄧㄥˋ, ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄌㄧˋ , ㄊㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìn rénlì, tīng tiānmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄌㄧˋ , ㄊㄧㄥ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìn rénlì, ting tianmìng
    • Wade–Giles: chin⁴ jên²-li⁴, tʻing¹ tʻien¹-ming⁴
    • Yale: jìn rén-lì-, tīng tyān-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinn renlih, ting tianminq
    • Palladius: цзинь жэньли, тин тяньмин (czinʹ žɛnʹli, tin tjanʹmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ li⁵¹ tʰiŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ miŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìn rénlì, tìng tiānmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄌㄧˋ , ㄊㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìn rénlì, tìng tianmìng
    • Wade–Giles: chin⁴ jên²-li⁴, tʻing⁴ tʻien¹-ming⁴
    • Yale: jìn rén-lì-, tìng tyān-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinn renlih, tinq tianminq
    • Palladius: цзинь жэньли, тин тяньмин (czinʹ žɛnʹli, tin tjanʹmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰiŋ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ miŋ⁵¹/

Idiom

盡人力，聽天命

1. Synonym of 盡人事，聽天命／尽人事，听天命 (jìn rénshì, tīng tiānmìng, “to do one's level best and leave the rest to God's will”)