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
  • 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”)
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