卜占
bǔ zhān
Pinyin

Definition

卜占
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bǔ zhān
  1. to divine
  2. to prophecy
  3. to foretell the future

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

zhàn
  1. 1 variant: 占 zhàn
hú luó bo
  1. 1 carrot
luó bo
  1. 1 radish (Raphanus sativus), esp. white radish 白蘿蔔|白萝卜[bái luó bo]
  2. 2 classifier: 条 tiáo
zhàn jù
  1. 1 to occupy
  2. 2 to hold
zhàn yǒu
  1. 1 to have
  2. 2 to own
  3. 3 to hold
  4. 4 to occupy
  5. 5 to possess
  6. 6 to account for (a high proportion etc)

Idioms (5)

一个萝卜一个坑
yī gè luó bo yī gè kēng
  1. 1 lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. each person has his own position
  3. 3 each to his own
  4. 4 horses for courses
  5. 5 every kettle has its lid
多吃多占
duō chī duō zhàn
  1. 1 taking or eating more than one's due (idiom); greedy and selfish
独占鳌头
dú zhàn áo tóu
  1. 1 to come first in triennial palace examinations (idiom, refers to the carved stone turtle head in front of the imperial palace, next to which the most successful candidate in the imperial examinations was entitled to stand)
  2. 2 to be the champion
  3. 3 to be the very best in any field
萝卜白菜,各有所爱
luó bo bái cài , gè yǒu suǒ ài
  1. 1 one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom)
  2. 2 to each his own
鹊巢鸠占
què cháo jiū zhàn
  1. 1 the magpie made a nest, the turtledove dwells in it (idiom)
  2. 2 to reap where one has not sown