事在人為 Save Create a free account to save words Simplified: 事在人为 shìzàirénwéi ㄕˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄟˊ 男 女 the matter depends on the individual (idiom) it is a matter for your own effort With effort, one can achieve anything. Character by character 事(shì)matter 在(zài)exist 人(rén)person 為(wéi)as (in the capacity of) Sign up for a free account to save words and review them A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0