人算不如天算
人算不如天算
rén suàn bù rú tiān suàn
God's plans supersede our own; Man proposes but God disposes
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- God's plans supersede our own
- Man proposes but God disposes
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Related Words
谋事在人，成事在天(móu shì zài rén , chéng shì zài tiān)· planning is with man, accomplishing with heaven (idiom); Man proposes but God disposes.
→三官大帝(sān guān dà dì)· the three gods in charge of heaven, earth and water (Daoism)
→三皇(sān huáng)· Three Sovereigns, between Gods and Emperors in third millennium BC
→上供(shàng gòng)· to make offerings (to gods or ancestors)
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