天公不作美

Traditional form:

天公不作美

Pinyin (reading):

tiāngōngbùzuòměi

Definitions:

• Heaven is not cooperating (idiom)
• the weather is not favorable for the planned activity

Characters:

• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
• 公 - fair, equitable; public; duke
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 作 - to make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
• 美 - beautiful, pretty; pleasing

Traditional characters:

• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
• 公 - fair, equitable; public; duke
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 作 - to make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
• 美 - beautiful, pretty; pleasing