受命于天 Save Create a free account to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 受命於天 shòumìngyútiān ㄕㄡˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄩˊ ㄊㄧㄢ 男 女 to be emperor by the grace of heaven to have the mandate of heaven Character by character 受(shòu)receive 命(mìng)life 于(yú)go 天(tiān)heaven 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