問天買卦
wèn​tiān​mǎi​guà

to ask heaven for an omen

  • created sense approved 问天买卦/問天買卦 · wèn​tiān​mǎi​guà · to ask heaven for an omen — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    问天买卦 / 問天買卦

    wèn​tiān​mǎi​guà

    to ask heaven for an omen

    to seek divine guidance from the gods or perform divination to determine one's fortune

    问 (literal) → 问/問 · wèn · to ask 天 (literal) → 天 · tiān · God 买 (literal) → 买/買 · mǎi · to buy 卦 (literal) → 卦 · guà · divination

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense