天公作美

tiān gōng zuò měi

Dictionary entry

Heaven is cooperating (idiom)

What does 天公作美 mean?

天公作美 (tiān gōng zuò měi) has the following dictionary meaning.

1Heaven is cooperating (idiom)

2the weather is favorable for the planned activity (a variation of 天公不作美|天公不作美[tian1 gong1 bu4 zuo4 mei3])

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天tiānday · sky 公gōngpublic · collectively owned 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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天公作美

tiān gōng zuò měi

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