听天由命

听
聽
天
天
由
由
命
命
to submit to the will of heaven / to resign oneself to fate / to trust to luck

Characters and words in 听天由命

听
yǐn = y + (e)n3
smile (archaic)
听
聽
tìng = ti + (e)ng4
(literary pronunciation, still advocated in Taiwan) to rule / to sentence / to allow
听
聽
ti̅ng = ti + (e)ng1
to listen to; to hear / to heed; to obey / a can (loanword from English "tin") / classifier for canned beverages / to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) / (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
听 = 口 + 斤 : Mother Teresa (ti) is listening to the sound that is made when a barbell (斤) squashes a mandarin (口) in front of the engine ((e)ng1).
天
tia̅n = ti + an1
day / sky / heaven
天 = 一 + 大 : Mother Teresa (ti) programmed a robot (大) to play a flute duet together with her in front of the anthill (an1). As they play their flutes (一) an angel (天) hears their heavenly tune and descends from heaven to listen to them.
由
yóu = y + ou2
to follow / from / because of / due to / by / via / through / (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
由 = 丨 + 曰 : Mnemonic symbol: 自由古巴， a cuba libre. The character 由 itself even looks like a cuba libre.

Maud Younger (y) is taking part in a charity auction in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). She is auctioning the dinosaur bone (丨) next to her and is speaking into a microphone (曰). In the other hand she is holding a cuba libre (由), and she is already quite drunk.
由
yóu = y + ou2
to follow / from / because of; due to / by; via; through / (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
命
mìng = mi + (e)ng4
life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc
命 = 亼 + 叩 : In engine's bathroom, Marilyn Monroe kow tows before a pointed hat. She thinks that this is her fate.

Words with 听天由命

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