八卦
bā guà
Pinyin

Definition

八卦
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bā guà
  1. the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yì jīng]
  2. gossip
  3. gossipy

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

八
bā
  1. 1 eight
  2. 2 8
十八
shí bā
  1. 1 eighteen
  2. 2 18
七七八八
qī qī bā bā
  1. 1 almost
  2. 2 nearing completion
  3. 3 bits and piece
  4. 4 of all kinds
七上八下
qī shàng bā xià
  1. 1 at sixes and sevens
  2. 2 perturbed state of mind
  3. 3 in a mess
三八
sān bā
  1. 1 International Women's Day 婦女節|妇女节[Fù nu:3 jié], 8th March
  2. 2 foolish
  3. 3 stupid

Idioms (18)

七手八脚
qī shǒu bā jiǎo
  1. 1 (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
七扭八歪
qī niǔ bā wāi
  1. 1 misshapen
  2. 2 crooked
  3. 3 uneven (idiom)
七零八落
qī líng bā luò
  1. 1 (idiom) everything broken and in disorder
乱七八糟
luàn qī bā zāo
  1. 1 everything in disorder (idiom); in a hideous mess
  2. 2 at sixes and sevens
八仙过海，各显神通
Bā xiān guò hǎi , gè xiǎn shén tōng
  1. 1 lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities

Sample Sentences

八卦
bāguà
The Eight Diagrams.
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啊？梁朝伟这种老江湖竟然会阴沟里翻船，和我们八卦杂志的女记者约会？
ǎ ？Liáng Cháowěi zhèzhǒng lǎojiānghú jìngrán huì yīngōu lǐ fānchuán ，hé wǒmen bāguà zázhì de nǚ jìzhě yuēhuì ？
Ah, youth is a great commodity to have. Isn't that the good thing about having journalist interns? It's like the Underground Communists-- they can wage war deep in enemy territory.
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啊？你没病吧？我们是八卦媒体，原则就是快、狠、准。慢，不是自掘坟墓吗？
á ？nǐ méi bìng ba ？wǒmen shì bāguà méitǐ ，yuánzé jiùshì kuài 、hěn 、zhǔn 。màn ，bùshì zìjué fénmù ma ？
Huh? Are you sick? We are in the gossip media. Our principles are speed, ruthlessness , and accuracy. Going slow-- isn't that just digging your own grave?
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我不赞同你的看法。这些不一定是胡编乱造。就像西方的占星术的发展一样，中国的易经和八卦也是一门占卜的学问。起名，搬迁，红白喜事都是有凶吉的讲究的。当然不排除有些人并没有真正研究过周易，却混水摸鱼，到处骗人。
wǒ bù zàntóng nǐ de kànfǎ 。zhèxiē bùyīdìng shì húbiānluànzào 。jiùxiàng xīfāng de zhānxīngshù de fāzhǎn yīyàng ，Zhōngguó de Yìjīng hé bāguà yě shì yī mén zhānbǔ de xuéwèn 。qǐmíng ，bānqiān ，hóngbái xǐshì dōu shì yǒu xiōngjí de jiǎngjiu de 。dāngrán bù páichú yǒuxiē rén bìng méiyǒu zhēnzhèng yānjiū guo Zhōuyì ，què húnshuǐmōyú ，dàochù piànrén 。
I don't agree with your opinion. These things are not necessarily just pointless nonsense. It's like the development of astrology in the West. China's I Ching and hexagrams are parts of divination. Giving children meaningful names, moving, weddings and funerals: there is a lot of research that goes into these things. Of course, we can't rule out the possibility that some people who haven't really mastered the I Ching just make wild guesses, coming up with stories and scamming people.
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我还是觉得公开在网上写自己的私事怪怪的。访问他人的博客就像是在窥视他人隐私一样。现在很多人都喜欢访问那些明星博客，不就是为了了解些八卦新闻嘛，没什么意思。
wǒ hái shì juéde gōngkāi zài wǎngshàng xiě zìjǐde sīshì guàiguài de 。fǎngwèn tārén de bókè jiùxiàng shì zài kuīshì tārén yǐnsī yīyàng 。xiànzài hěn duō rén dōu xǐhuan fǎngwèn nàxiē míngxīng bókè ，bù jiùshì wèile liǎojiě xiē bāguà xīnwén ma ，méishénme yìsi 。
I still think it's weird to write about your own personal matters publicly online. Visiting other people's blogs is like spying on them. Now a lot of people like to visit stars' blogs. Isn't it just to learn some gossip? It's pointless.
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我一个大老爷们，怎么会关心这种事?你也别老关心这些八卦，小心被洗脑了，对我，对婚姻没了信心。
wǒ yī ge dàlǎoyémenr ，zénme huì guānxīn zhèzhǒng shì ?nǐ yě bié lǎo guānxīn zhèxiē bāguà ，xiǎoxīn bèi xǐnǎo le ，duì wǒ ，duì hūnyīn méi le xìnxīn 。
I’m a man. Why would I care about that stuff? You shouldn’t care about that kind of gossip either. Be careful you don’t get brainwashed and lose your faith in me and our marriage.
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吃饱了没事干，不聊八卦聊什么啊？
chībǎo le méishì gàn ，bù liáo bāguà liáo shénme a ？
We have nothing better to do. If we don't talk gossip, then what can we talk about?
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《 易经》最初有八卦，这个“卦”的意思就是挂起来的“挂”，也就是说你应该把它挂起来，然后经常看，就能参透其中的道理。这个和占卜是不一样的。你知道的占卜算命等说法，其实是后人将《易经》理论延伸后的产物。
Yìjīng 》zuìchū yǒu bāguà ，zhè ge “guà ”de yìsi jiùshì guà qǐlái de “guà ”，yějiùshìshuō nǐ yīnggāi bǎ tā guà qǐlái ，ránhòu jīngcháng kàn ，jiù néng cāntòu qízhōng de dàolǐ 。zhè ge hé zhānbǔ shì bù yīyàng de 。nǐ zhīdào de zhānbǔ suànmìng děng shuōfǎ ，qíshí shì hòurén jiāng Yìjīng 》lǐlùn yánshēn hòu de chǎnwù 。
Initially, the I Ching had the 8 trigrams. The meaning of this 'trigram' comes from the word, 'gua', or to hang up; meaning that you should first hang it up, examine it often, and then you will be able to fully understand the rationality within it. This is different than the practice of divination. The practice of divination and fortune telling that you know, are actually the products of later generations expanding on the theories of the I Ching.
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别急，等你对太极、两仪、四象、八卦等等这些含义有了充分理解后，自然会用《易经》的语言来解释每一个卦义。
bié jí ，děng nǐ duì tàijí 、liǎngyí 、sìxiàng 、bāguà děngdeng zhèxiē hányì yǒu le chōngfèn lǐjiě hòu ，zìrán huì yòng Yìjīng 》de yǔyán lái jiěshì měi yī ge guàyì 。
Don't worry. Wait until after you fully understand the implications of Tai Chi, the two polarities, the idea of four components and the eight trigrams. Then, you will naturally be able to use the language of the I Ching to analyze the meaning of each diagram.
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你这么一说，才想起来我们已经投身八卦事业那么久了。
nǐ zhème yī shuō ，cái xiǎng qǐlái wǒmen yǐjīng tóushēn bāguà shìyè nàme jiǔ le 。
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