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谋事在人，成事在天

móu shì zài rén , chéng shì zài tiān · mou shi zai ren , cheng shi zai tian

Traditional 謀事在人，成事在天

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

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