天要落雨,娘要嫁人

tiān yào luò yǔ , niáng yào jià rén

the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom)

fig. the natural order of things; something you can't go against

天

tiān

day

要

yào

to want; to need; to ask for

落

luò

to fall or drop

雨

yǔ

rain

,

,

娘

niáng

variant of 娘[niang2]

要

yào

to want; to need; to ask for

嫁

jià

(of a woman) to marry

人

rén

person; people