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