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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
命运 mìngyùn	命运 \| 命运* \| *命运	fate; destiny	命運 HSK 3


命 mìng	命 \| 命* \| *命	life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc	HSK 6


运 yùn	运 \| 运* \| *运	to move / to transport / to use / to apply / fortune / luck / fate	運 HSK 5


听天由命 tīngtiānyóumìng	听天由命 \| 听天由命* \| *听天由命	(idiom) to submit to the will of heaven; to resign oneself to fate; to trust to luck	聽天由命


搏击 bójī	搏击 \| 搏击* \| *搏击	to fight, esp. with hands / wrestling (as a sport) / to wrestle / to wrestle (against fate, with a problem etc) / to capture prey	搏擊


幸免 xìngmiǎn	幸免 \| 幸免* \| *幸免	to avoid (an unpleasant fate)	倖免 HSK 7-9


缘分 yuánfèn	缘分 \| 缘分* \| *缘分	fate or chance that brings people together / predestined affinity or relationship / (Budd.) destiny	緣分 HSK 7-9


国运 guóyùn	国运 \| 国运* \| *国运	fate of the nation	國運


时运 shíyùn	时运 \| 时运* \| *时运	circumstances / fate	時運


垫背 diànbèi	垫背 \| 垫背* \| *垫背	to serve as a sacrificial victim / to suffer for sb else / scapegoat / to share sb's fate	墊背


果报 guǒbào	果报 \| 果报* \| *果报	karma / preordained fate (Buddhism)	果報


命中注定 mìngzhōngzhùdìng	命中注定 \| 命中注定* \| *命中注定	decreed by fate (idiom) / destined / fated	命中註定


坐以待毙 zuòyǐdàibì	坐以待毙 \| 坐以待毙* \| *坐以待毙	to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate	坐以待斃


认命 rènmìng	认命 \| 认命* \| *认命	to accept misfortunes as decreed by fate / to be resigned to sth	認命


苦命 kǔmìng	苦命 \| 苦命* \| *苦命	hard lot / bitter fate / unfortunate


命理 mìnglǐ	命理 \| 命理* \| *命理	the traditional Chinese study of fate and fortune, using methods such as birth-date analysis, physiognomy, name analysis, feng shui etc; fortune-telling based on these methods


生老病死 shēnglǎobìngsǐ	生老病死 \| 生老病死* \| *生老病死	lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die (idiom) / fig. the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality)


姻缘 yīnyuán	姻缘 \| 姻缘* \| *姻缘	a marriage predestined by fate	姻緣


缘 yuán	缘 \| 缘* \| *缘	cause / reason / karma / fate / predestined affinity / margin / hem / edge / along	緣


人相学 rénxiàngxué	人相学 \| 人相学* \| *人相学	physiognomy (judgment of a person's fate, character etc, based on facial features)	人相學


劫数 jiéshù	劫数 \| 劫数* \| *劫数	predestined fate (Buddhism)	劫數


星宿 xīngxiù	星宿 \| 星宿* \| *星宿	constellation (arch., now 星座) / one of the 28 constellations of traditional Chinese astronomy and astrology / motion of stars since one's birth (predetermining one's fate in astrology)


死活 sǐhuó	死活 \| 死活* \| *死活	life or death / fate / no matter what / anyway / for the life of me


气数 qìshu	气数 \| 气数* \| *气数	fate / destiny / one's lot	氣數


天命 Tiānmìng	天命 \| 天命* \| *天命	Mandate of Heaven / destiny / fate / one's life span


天数 tiānshù	天数 \| 天数* \| *天数	number of days / fate / destiny	天數


天机 tiānjī	天机 \| 天机* \| *天机	mystery known only to heaven (archaic) / inscrutable twist of fate / fig. top secret	天機


不知丁董 bùzhī Dīng Dǒng	不知丁董 \| 不知丁董* \| *不知丁董	forgetting the fate of Ding and Dong (idiom) / unheeding the lessons of the past


事业线 shìyèxiàn	事业线 \| 事业线* \| *事业线	(palmistry) fate line; career prospects line (running vertically up the palm to the base of the middle finger) / (slang) cleavage	事業線


悲天悯人 bēitiānmǐnrén	悲天悯人 \| 悲天悯人* \| *悲天悯人	to bemoan the state of the universe and pity the fate of mankind	悲天憫人


魁星 Kuíxīng	魁星 \| 魁星* \| *魁星	stars of the Big Dipper that constitute the rectangular body of the dipper / Kuixing, Daoist God of fate


节哀顺变 jié'āishùnbiàn	节哀顺变 \| 节哀顺变* \| *节哀顺变	restrain your grief, accept fate (condolence phrase)	節哀順變


改运 gǎiyùn	改运 \| 改运* \| *改运	to alter one's fate / to improve one's luck (e.g. by changing one's name or phone number)	改運


生死有命 shēngsǐyǒumìng	生死有命 \| 生死有命* \| *生死有命	life and death are ruled by fate (idiom)


祸福吉凶 huòfújíxiōng	祸福吉凶 \| 祸福吉凶* \| *祸福吉凶	fate / portent / luck or disasters as foretold in the stars (astrology)	禍福吉凶


命途 mìngtú	命途 \| 命途* \| *命途	the course of one's life / one's fate


运道 yùndao	运道 \| 运道* \| *运道	fortune / luck / fate	運道


时运不济 shíyùnbùjì	时运不济 \| 时运不济* \| *时运不济	fate is unfavorable (idiom); the omens are not good	時運不濟


撞运气 zhuàngyùnqi	撞运气 \| 撞运气* \| *撞运气	to try one's luck / to rely on fate	撞運氣


有缘 yǒuyuán	有缘 \| 有缘* \| *有缘	related / brought together by fate	有緣


前缘未了 qiányuánwèiliǎo	前缘未了 \| 前缘未了* \| *前缘未了	one's predestined fate is yet to be fulfilled (idiom)	前緣未了


生杀予夺 shēngshāyǔduó	生杀予夺 \| 生杀予夺* \| *生杀予夺	lit. to spare or to kill, to give or take away (idiom) / (fig.) control over the fate of others	生殺予奪


时乖命蹇 shíguāimìngjiǎn	时乖命蹇 \| 时乖命蹇* \| *时乖命蹇	bad times, adverse fate (idiom)	時乖命蹇


苟且 gǒuqiě	苟且 \| 苟且* \| *苟且	perfunctory / careless / drifting along / resigned to one's fate / improper (relations) / illicit (sex)


生不逢时 shēngbùféngshí	生不逢时 \| 生不逢时* \| *生不逢时	born at the wrong time (idiom); unlucky (esp. to complain about one's fate) / born under an unlucky star / ahead of his time	生不逢時


逆运 nìyùn	逆运 \| 逆运* \| *逆运	bad luck / unlucky fate	逆運


齐人之福 Qírénzhīfú	齐人之福 \| 齐人之福* \| *齐人之福	lit. the happy fate of the man from Qi (who had a wife and a concubine) (idiom) / fig. (ironically) the joy of having several partners / the life of a pasha	齊人之福


运命 yùnmìng	运命 \| 运命* \| *运命	fate / one's fortune	運命


魁星阁 Kuíxīnggé	魁星阁 \| 魁星阁* \| *魁星阁	temple to Kuixing, Daoist God of fate	魁星閣


怨命 yuànmìng	怨命 \| 怨命* \| *怨命	to complain about one's fate / to bemoan one's lot


颓运 tuíyùn	颓运 \| 颓运* \| *颓运	crumbling fate / declining fortune	頹運

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