卜占
bǔ zhān
Pinyin
Definition
卜占
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- to divine
- to prophecy
- to foretell the future
Character Decomposition
Idioms (5)
一个萝卜一个坑
- 1 lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom)
- 2 fig. each person has his own position
- 3 each to his own
- 4 horses for courses
- 5 every kettle has its lid
多吃多占
- 1 taking or eating more than one's due (idiom); greedy and selfish
独占鳌头
- 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 to be the champion
- 3 to be the very best in any field
萝卜白菜,各有所爱
- 1 one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom)
- 2 to each his own
鹊巢鸠占
- 1 the magpie made a nest, the turtledove dwells in it (idiom)
- 2 to reap where one has not sown