天公不作美

tiān gōng bù zuò měi

Dictionary entry

Heaven is not cooperating (idiom)

What does 天公不作美 mean?

天公不作美 (tiān gōng bù zuò měi) has the following dictionary meaning.

1Heaven is not cooperating (idiom)

2the weather is not favorable for the planned activity

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天tiānday · sky 公gōngpublic · collectively owned 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-作zuō(bound form) worker · (bound form) workshop 美Měi(bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1]) · (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國|美国[Mei3 guo2])

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tiān gōng bù zuò měi

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