bo

fortune telling; prophesy

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DEFINITIONS

卜 bo
  • see 蘿蔔|萝卜[luo2 bo5]
卜 bǔ
  • surname Bu
  • to divine
  • to forecast or estimate
  • (of a place to live etc) to choose

STROKES

WORDS

胡萝 hú luó bo carrot
luó bo radish (Raphanus sativus), esp. white radish 白蘿蔔|白萝卜[bai2 luo2 bo5]; CL:條|条[tiao2]
zhān bǔ to divine
赛人 jí bǔ sài rén Gypsy
红萝 hóng luó bo carrot; radish
生 yì bǔ shēng Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), Norwegian dramatist, author of Doll's House 玩偶之家
胡萝素 hú luó bo sù carotene
杜拉 ā bǔ dù lā Abdullah (name)
白萝 bái luó bo white radish; daikon; Raphanus sativus longipinnatus
一个萝一个坑 yī gè luó bo yī gè kēng lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom); fig. each person has his own position; each to his own; horses for courses; every kettle has its lid
前途未 qián tú wèi bǔ hanging in the balance; the future is hard to forecast; ¿Qué serà?; who knows what the future holds?
米 bo bo mǐ Rice Krispies
占 bǔ zhān to divine; to prophecy; to foretell the future
卦 bǔ guà to divine using the trigrams; fortune telling
问 bǔ wèn to predict by divining; to look into the future
問 bǔ wèn to predict by divining; to look into the future
宅 bǔ zhái to choose a capital by divination; to choose a home; to choose one's burial place by divination
居 bǔ jū to choose a home
征 bǔ zhēng to ask oracle for war forecast
夜 bǔ zhòu bǔ yè day and night (to toil, to abandon oneself to pleasure etc)
夜 bǔ zhòu bǔ yè day and night (to toil, to abandon oneself to pleasure etc)
甲 bǔ jiǎ oracle tortoise shell
筮 bǔ shì divination
课 bǔ kè divination; fortune telling
課 bǔ kè divination; fortune telling
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