謀事在人，成事在天 móu shì zài rén ， chéng shì zài tiān

DEFINITIONS

  1. planning is with man, accomplishing with heaven (idiom); Man proposes but God disposes.

CHARACTERS

謀 móu plan, scheme; stratagem
事 shì
HSK 2
affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
在 zài
HSK 1
be at, in, on; consist in, rest
人 rén
HSK 1
man; people; mankind; someone else
成 chéng
HSK 3
completed, finished, fixed
事 shì
HSK 2
affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
在 zài
HSK 1
be at, in, on; consist in, rest
天 tiān
HSK 1
sky, heaven; god, celestial