"Destiny" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 命运 | mìng yùn | fate / destiny / CL:個|个[ge4] |   |
| 缘分 | yuán fèn | fate or chance that brings people together / predestined affinity or relationship / (Budd.) destiny | |
| 缘份 | yuán fèn | also written 緣分|缘分 / fate or chance that brings people together / predestined affinity or relationship / (Budd.) destiny | |
| 机缘 | jī yuán | chance / opportunity / destiny | |
| 天时 | tiān shí | the time / the right time / weather conditions / destiny / course of time / heaven's natural order | |
| 天命 | Tiān mìng | Mandate of Heaven / destiny / fate / one's life span | |
| 定数 | dìng shù | constant (math.) / quota / fixed number (e.g. of places on a bus) / fixed quantity (e.g. load of truck) / destiny | |
| 气数 | qì shu | fate / destiny / one's lot | |
| 运数 | yùn shù | one's fortune / destiny | |
| 历数 | lì shù | (literary) movements of celestial bodies / destiny / calendar system | |
| 天数 | tiān shù | number of days / fate / destiny | |
| 应运而生 | yìng yùn ér shēng | to emerge to meet a historic destiny (idiom) / to arise at an opportune time / able to take advantage of an opportunity / to rise to the occasion | |
| 应运 | yìng yùn | to conform with destiny / as the occasion demands | |
| 劫数难逃 | jié shù nán táo | Destiny is inexorable, there is no fleeing it (idiom). Your doom is at hand. | |
| 不是冤家不聚头 | bù shì yuān jiā bù jù tóu | destiny will make enemies meet (idiom) / (often said about lovers who have a disagreement) | |
