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命运 mìngyùn

命运 mìngyùn Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 命运 mìngyùn .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mìngyùn | ming4 yun4
English translation
fate
destiny
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Traditional form

命運

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 命运 mìngyùn

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mìng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and Líng represents the sound. Originally Líng and mìng were variations of the same character.

Positional decomposition

令口

Number of Strokes

8
yùn

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chuò represents the meaning and yún represents the sound. Simplified form of yùn .

Phonetic compound

yún

Semantic compound

chuò

Positional decomposition

辶云

Number of Strokes

7

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Example sentences using 命运 mìngyùn

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shuí dōu 知道 zhīdào 他们 tā men 无法 wú fǎ 摆脱 bǎituō zài 那里 nà li 失败 shībài de 命运 mìngyùn .

Everybody knew they could not save themselves from defeat there.

xiàn zài 我们 wǒmen 不必 bù bì cāi 究竟 jiūjìng shuí zài 主宰 zhǔ zǎi 我们 wǒmen de 命运 mìngyùn .

We must not think of what destiny has in store for us.

整个 zhěnggè 法国 Fǎ guó 泰然 tài rán 接受 jiēshòu 他们 tā men de 命运 mìngyùn .

The French nation as a whole calmly accepted their necessity.

nín 知道 zhīdào huì yǒu 那么 nà me 一些 yī xiē rén 因为 yīnwèi 命运 mìngyùn 捉弄 zhuō nòng ér 落得 luò de 无家可归 wú jiā kě guī

There are those, you know, who, by circumstance, end up homeless.

经常 jīngcháng 跳舞 tiàowǔ de 赌场 dǔ chǎng 遭遇 zāoyù le 相似 xiāngsì de 命运 mìngyùn

The Casino, where she had often danced, had suffered a similar fate.

命运 mìngyùn Decomposition

See the 7 Chinese characters that make up 命运 mìngyùn and their own compounds.

命运 mìngyùn Compounds

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