guī​shì

divination

  • created sense approved 龟筮/龜筮 · guī​shì · divination — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    龟筮 / 龜筮

    guī​shì

    divination

    The ancient practice of divination using tortoise shells and yarrow stalks to predict the future; refers more broadly to the act of fortune-telling.

    龟 (literal) → 龟/龜 · guī · tortoise 筮 (bound) → 筮 · shì · to divine

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  • created sense approved 龟筮/龜筮 · guī​shì · diviner — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    龟筮 / 龜筮

    guī​shì

    diviner

    A person who practices divination or performs fortune-telling.

    龟 (literal) → 龟/龜 · guī · tortoise 筮 (bound) → 筮 · shì · to divine

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

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