Whatever will be, will be.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
随遇而安
at home wherever one is (idiom); ready to adapt
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
at home wherever one is (idiom); ready to adapt
02
flexible
03
to accept circumstances with good will
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 随遇而安 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 随遇而安 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Why can't you take things just as they are?
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 随遇而安.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 随遇而安.
Directly before
- 不随遇而安1
Directly after
- 随遇而安呢1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 随遇而安
What does 随遇而安 mean in Chinese?
随遇而安 (suíyùérān) means at home wherever one is (idiom); ready to adapt.
How do you pronounce 随遇而安?
随遇而安 is pronounced suíyùérān.
Is 随遇而安 an HSK word?
随遇而安 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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