八字
bā zì
Pinyin

Definition

八字
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bā zì
  1. the character 8 or 八
  2. birthdate characters used in fortune-telling

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

八
bā
  1. 1 eight
  2. 2 8
名字
míng zi
  1. 1 name (of a person or thing)
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
字
zì
  1. 1 letter
  2. 2 symbol
  3. 3 character
  4. 4 word
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè
  6. 6 courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
数字
shù zì
  1. 1 numeral
  2. 2 digit
  3. 3 number
  4. 4 figure
  5. 5 amount
  6. 6 digital (electronics etc)
  7. 7 classifier: 个 gè
文字
wén zì
  1. 1 character
  2. 2 script
  3. 3 writing
  4. 4 written language
  5. 5 writing style
  6. 6 phraseology
  7. 7 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

一字一泪
yī zì yī lèi
  1. 1 each word is a teardrop (idiom)
一字不提
yī zì bù tí
  1. 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一字千金
yī zì qiān jīn
  1. 1 one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom)
  2. 2 (in praise of a piece of writing or calligraphy) each character is perfect
  3. 3 each word is highly valued
一字褒贬
yī zì bāo biǎn
  1. 1 dispensing praise or blame with a single word (idiom)
  2. 2 concise and powerful style
七手八脚
qī shǒu bā jiǎo
  1. 1 (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)

Sample Sentences

首先是遵照八字与五行的搭配，简单的说，五行有金木水火土，如果八字中缺了某种元素，就在名字中帮忙补齐。
shǒuxiān shì zūnzhào bāzì yǔ wǔxíng de dāpèi ，jiǎndān de shuō ，wǔxíng yǒu jīn mù shuǐ huǒ tǔ ，rúguǒ bāzì zhōng quē le mǒuzhǒng yuánsù ，jiù zài míngzi zhōng bāngmáng bǔ qí 。
First is to match it to the birth date characters and the five phases. Simply speaking, the five phases are metal, wood, water, fire and earth, if among the birth date characters a particular element is missing, this will be compensated for in the characters of the name.
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我还是觉得这些说法实在是太无依无据了。命运是要靠自己掌握的，而不是靠生辰八字来决定的。就拿看手相来说，手上的纹路难道就一定代表着一个人的命运走向吗？还有那个解梦大法，我做个梦就预示着我要中大奖，这实在是没什么道理的。
wǒ háishì juéde zhèxiē shuōfa shízài shì tài wúyīwújù le 。mìngyùn shì yào kào zìjǐ zhǎngwò de ，ér bùshì kào superstitions lái juédìng de 。jiù ná kàn shǒuxiàng láishuō ，shǒushàng de wénlù nándào jiù yīdìng dàibiǎo zhe yī ge rén de mìngyùn zǒuxiàng ma ？háiyǒu nàge jiěmèng dàfǎ ，wǒ zuò ge mèng jiù yùshì zhe wǒ yào zhòng dàjiǎng ，zhè shízài shì méi shénme dàolǐ de 。
I still think there's just no proof or evidence for this stuff. Only you can determine the course of your life-- it's not fixed by your birth date! Just take palm-reading as an example. Do you really believe that the wrinkles in your hand can represent the course of your entire life? And then there's dream interpretation-- I have a dream that predicts I'll win a big prize. There's no logic behind that.
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你别急，遇到我你就有救了，先坐下，我仔细看看你的八字，凡事都有解。
nǐ bié jí ，yùdào wǒ nǐ jiù yǒujiù le ，xiān zuòxia ，wǒ zǐxì kànkàn nǐ de bāzì ，fánshì dōu yǒu jiě 。
Don't panic, you're in luck that you met me, first sit down, I'll have a look at your birth date characters, everything has a solution.
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这八字还没一撇呢。你说到哪里去了，我还没确定让他做我老公的人选呢。不过既然你那么了解星座论，那再跟我说说处女座的性格是怎么样的？还有处女座喜欢什么样的人？
zhè bāzìháiméiyīpiě ne 。nǐ shuō dào nǎlǐ qù le ，wǒ hái méi quèdìng ràng tā zuò wǒ lǎogōng de rénxuǎn ne 。bùguò jìrán nǐ nàme liǎojiě xīngzuò lùn ，nà zài gēn wǒ shuōshuo chǔnǚzuò de xìnggé shì zěnmeyàng de ？háiyǒu chǔnǚzuò xǐhuan shénmeyàng de rén ？
I'm not at that stage yet! No matter what you say, I'm still not sure he's a candidate to be my husband. However, since you understand astrology so well, tell me what a Virgo's personality is like. What kind of people do Virgos like?
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动作也很不雅，不是挖鼻子就是挖耳朵。走路还外八字。
dòngzuò yě hěn bùyǎ ，bùshì wā bízi jiùshì wā ěrduo 。zǒulù hái wàibāzì 。
Her behavior wasn't very elegant, either, and she was always picking her nose or ears. She also walked with her toes pointed out.
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老公，孩子的名字我们自己起吧。不要让你妈算什么生辰八字，又迷信又难听。
lǎogōng ，háizi de míngzi wǒmén zìjǐ qǐ ba 。bù yào ràng nǐ mā calculate shénme shēngchénbāzì ，yòu míxìn yòu nántīng 。
Darling, let's think of a name for the baby by ourselves. Let's not have your mom look at the eight characters that express the baby's birth. It's superstitious, and the names sound bad.
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八字不是一撇一捺吗？八字没一撇，就是没头绪，没办法！是一句俗语。
bāzì bùshì yī piě yī nà ma ？bāzì méi yīpiě ，jiùshì méi tóuxù ，méi bànfǎ ！shì yī jù súyǔ 。
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八字没一撇？什么意思？
bāzì méi yīpiě ？shénme yìsi ？
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哎，别提了，八字还没一撇呢！
ai ，bié tí le ，bāzì hái méi yīpiě ne ！
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天哪，为什么那么多人都能找到自己的伴侣，我却八字还没一撇。真是受刺激！
tiānnǎ ，wèishénme nàme duō rén dōu néng zhǎodào zìjǐ de bànlǚ ，wǒ què bāzìháiméiyīpiě 。zhēnshì shòu cìjī ！
Oh man, why are so many people able to find a mate while I haven't even gotten started? It's really upsetting!
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