shì
筮
ancient divination using yarrow stalks
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to divine using yarrow stalks; to practice milfoil divination
archaicSpecifically refers to divination using stalks of the yarrow plant (Achillea millefolium, 蓍草), distinct from tortoise shell divination (卜). Often appears in the compound 卜筮.
Gǔ古
rén人
cháng常
yòng用
shì筮
lái来
yù预
cè测
jí吉
xiōng凶
。
Ancient people often used yarrow divination to predict good or bad fortune.
Shì筮
yǔ与
bǔ卜
shì是
Zhōng中
guó国
gǔ古
dài代
liǎng两
zhǒng种
zhòng重
yào要
de的
zhān占
bǔ卜
fāng方
fǎ法
。
Divination by yarrow and by tortoise shell were two important methods of fortune-telling in ancient China.
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Tā他
tōng通
guò过
shì筮
dé得
dào到
le了
yī一
gè个
jí吉
zhào兆
。
He obtained a good omen through divination.