卜宅
bǔ zhái
Pinyin

Definition

卜宅
 - 
bǔ zhái
  1. to choose a capital by divination
  2. to choose a home
  3. to choose one's burial place by divination

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

胡萝卜
hú luó bo
  1. 1 carrot
萝卜
luó bo
  1. 1 radish (Raphanus sativus), esp. white radish 白蘿蔔|白萝卜[bái luó bo]
  2. 2 CL:條|条[tiáo]
住宅
zhù zhái
  1. 1 residence
  2. 2 tenement
卜
Bǔ
  1. 1 surname Bu
占卜
zhān bǔ
  1. 1 to divine
宅
zhái
  1. 1 residence
  2. 2 (coll.) to stay in at home
  3. 3 to hang around at home
宅女
zhái nu:3
  1. 1 female geek
  2. 2 female nerd
  3. 3 otaku girl
宅男
zhái nán
  1. 1 a guy who stays at home all the time, typically spending a lot of time playing online games (derived from Japanese "otaku")
家宅
jiā zhái
  1. 1 home
  2. 2 residence
  3. 3 house
死宅
sǐ zhái
  1. 1 die-hard otaku (sb who hardly ever emerges from their home, where they play games, watch movies etc)
胡萝卜素
hú luó bo sù
  1. 1 carotene
萝卜糕
luó bo gāo
  1. 1 fried radish cake (a type of dim sum, commonly called "turnip cake")
豪宅
háo zhái
  1. 1 grand residence
  2. 2 mansion
住宅区
zhù zhái qū
  1. 1 residential area
  2. 2 housing development
住宅楼
zhù zhái lóu
  1. 1 residential building
  2. 2 CL:幢[zhuàng],座[zuò],棟|栋[dòng]
凶宅
xiōng zhái
  1. 1 inauspicious abode
  2. 2 haunted house
卜卦
bǔ guà
  1. 1 to divine using the trigrams
  2. 2 fortune telling
古宅
gǔ zhái
  1. 1 former residence
宅子
zhái zi
  1. 1 house
  2. 2 residence
宅第
zhái dì
  1. 1 residence
  2. 2 mansion

Idioms (3)

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
浮家泛宅
fú jiā fàn zhái
  1. 1 lit. to live on a boat
  2. 2 to drift from place to place (idiom)
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

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