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運命

運命

See also: 命運 and 运命

Chinese

 
to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate
life; fate
trad. (運命)
simp. (运命)
anagram 命運命运

Noun

運命

  1. fate, destiny
    浪子運命親像螞蟻心理 [Min Nan, trad.]
    浪子运命亲像蚂蚁心理 [Min Nan, simp.]
    From: 葉啟田, 浪子的心情
    Lōng-chú ê ūn-miā chhin-chhiūⁿ tiáⁿ-té káu-hiā ê sim-lí. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    The fate of a loafer is like the mentality of ants in a pot.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
うん
Grade: 3
めい
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

運命 (hiragana うんめい, romaji unmei)

  1. fate; destiny; doom

Derived terms

  • 運命愛 (うんめいあい) (unmeiai)
  • 運命劇 (うんめいげき) (unmeigeki)
  • 運命線 (うんめいせん) (unmeisen)
  • 運命付 (うんめいづ)ける (unmeizukeru)
  • 運命的 (うんめいてき) (unmeiteki)
  • 運命論 (うんめいろん) (unmeiron)
  • 運命 (うんめい) (あかい) () (unmei no akai ito): the "red thread of fate"

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

運命 (unmyeong) (hangeul 운명)

  1. Hanja form? of 운명, “fate, destiny”.