「人算不如天算」
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| Pronunciation： | jan4 syun3 bat1 jyu4 tin1 syun3 |
| Individual Character Meaning： |
人 human; human being; person; people; personality; everybody; (some) people; others; somebody; body of a person 算 calculate; nevermind; to tally; to analyze; to let it be; to let it pass; to forget it; to be counted as; to be regarded 不 no; negator; not 如 for example; in case of; in event of; for instance; such as; like; as if 天 sky; day; 24 hours 算 calculate; nevermind; to tally; to analyze; to let it be; to let it pass; to forget it; to be counted as; to be regarded |
| Part of Speech： | expression |
| Explanation： |
man proposes, God disposes; no matter how carefully you plan things out, something may still go wrong; literally 'human plans aren't better than heavenly plans'
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