谋事在人，成事在天

Traditional form:

謀事在人，成事在天

Pinyin (reading):

móushìzàirén,chéngshìzàitiān

Definitions:

• planning is with man, accomplishing with heaven (idiom); Man proposes but God disposes.

Characters:

• 谋 - to plan, to scheme; strategem
• 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
• 在 - at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense
• 人 - man, person; people
• 成 - to accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish; to succeed
• 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
• 在 - at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense
• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial

Traditional characters:

• 謀 - to plan, to scheme; strategem
• 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
• 在 - at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense
• 人 - man, person; people
• 成 - to accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish; to succeed
• 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
• 在 - at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense
• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial