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事在人为 * * + +

事 affair, matter, business / to serve / accident, incident

在 be at, in, on / consist in, rest

人 man / people / mankind / someone else

为 do, handle, govern, act / be

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事在人為' + 事在人为 * * + the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort / With effort, one can achieve anything.

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