人算不如天算

Chinese

	man; person; people	regard as; to figure; to calculate regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute	to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as; cannot compare to; to be inferior to	day; sky; heaven	regard as; to figure; to calculate regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute
trad. (人算不如天算)	人	算	不如	天	算
simp. ^#(人算不如天算)	人	算	不如	天	算
alternative forms	天算不由人算

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rén suàn bùrú tiān suàn

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄊㄧㄢㄙㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ syun³ bat¹ jyu⁴ tin¹ syun³

人算不如天算

the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry; no matter how much one plans things out, life always intervenes; man proposes but God disposes; God's plans supersede our own

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