practice divination; tell fortune
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Meanings
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to practice divination by interpreting trigrams or hexagrams; to tell fortunes
Refers to the traditional folk practice of using the I Ching (Yi Jing) or similar systems to predict good or bad fortune. Often regarded as superstition in modern contexts.
Tā他
mí迷
xìn信
，
jīng经
cháng常
qù去
jiē街
shàng上
zhǎo找
rén人
suàn算
guà卦
。
He's superstitious and often goes to the streets to find people to tell his fortune.
Suàn算
guà卦
bìng并
bù不
néng能
zhēn真
zhèng正
yù预
cè测
wèi未
lái来
。
Divination cannot actually predict the future.
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Nà那
gè个
lǎo老
rén人
zài在
miào庙
mén门
kǒu口
bǎi摆
le了
gè个
tān摊
suàn算
guà卦
。
That old man set up a stall at the temple entrance to practice divination.