"meant to be" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 注定要
• 命中注定 (爱情/结果)

Definition

用于表示某事注定要发生，或某事有特殊目的，常用于描述命运或爱情关系中。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

多用于表达命运、注定或感情（特别是爱情）。含有“早就设定好”的情感色彩。属于非正式、口语化表达，少见于正式书面语。

Examples

They believe they were meant to be together.

他们相信他们**注定要**在一起。

This job was meant to be for you.

这份工作**注定要**属于你。

Some things are just meant to be.

有些事情就是**注定要**发生。

After all those years apart, maybe it just wasn’t meant to be.

分开多年以后，也许这本来就不是**注定要**的。

I missed the flight, but I guess it wasn’t meant to be.

我错过了航班，但我想这可能不是**注定要**的。

They met by chance and felt it was meant to be.

他们偶然相遇，觉得这是**命中注定**的。