随遇而安

English translation: be at home anywhere / feel at home anywhere / adapt to any circumstance

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Chinese term or phrase:随遇而安
English translation:be at home anywhere / feel at home anywhere / adapt to any circumstance
Entered by: Gary Key

12:33 Nov 9, 2005
Chinese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Folklore
Chinese term or phrase: 随遇而安
随遇而安
joklin76
Local time: 07:11
adapt oneself to circumstances
Explanation:
adapt oneself to circumstances
be at home anywhere
feel at home wherever one is
make the best of things
take what comes

context please !
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Gary Key
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:11
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3 +4adapt oneself to circumstances
Gary Key
4find home in it
Angus Woo


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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
随遇而安
adapt oneself to circumstances


Explanation:
adapt oneself to circumstances
be at home anywhere
feel at home wherever one is
make the best of things
take what comes

context please !

Gary Key
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:11
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 13

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Chinoise
2 hrs
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agree  Ralph Dunsdon
3 hrs
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agree  chica nueva: feel at home wherever one is; be able to adapt oneself to different circumstances (外研社:汉英词典)
4 hrs
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agree  David Shen
9 hrs
  -> thanks David
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
随遇而安
find home in it


Explanation:
似乎是說老鼠能在這樣的地方"安居樂業"。

Angus Woo
Local time: 07:11
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 7
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