English Explanatory Dictionary

your face, your fate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. One's fate and how one is treated in life depends on one's looks.

Word forms

your face, your fate

Etymology

Calque of Cantonese 你的樣子如何，你的命運也必如何 /你的样子如何，你的命运也必如何 (nei⁵ dik¹ joeng⁶ zi² jyu⁴ ho⁴, nei⁵ dik¹ ming⁶ wan⁶ jaa⁵ bit¹ jyu⁴ ho⁴, “And as thy face, so shall thy fate be”), modified from a verse in the Bible 你的日子如何，你的力量也必如何 (“And as thy days, so shall thy strength be”).

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