天命

Tiānmìng
  1. Mandate of Heaven
  2. destiny
  3. fate
  4. one's life span

CEDICT

Homographs

天命 tiānmìng

Entry Composition

1 天 tiān
  1. day
  2. sky
  3. heaven
2 命 mìng
  1. life
  2. fate
  3. order or command
  4. to assign a name, title etc

Containing this entry

听天命 tīngtiānmìng
昭昭天命 zhāozhāotiānmìng

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