参照 (參照)
cān zhào
Pinyin
Definition
参照 (參照)
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- to consult a reference
- to refer to (another document)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (6)
予以照顾
- 1 to ask sb to carefully consider a request (idiom)
照葫芦画瓢
- 1 lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom)
- 2 fig. to copy slavishly
照猫画虎
- 1 lit. drawing a tiger using a cat as a model (idiom); fig. to follow a model and get things more or less right but without capturing the spirit of the subject
- 2 uninspired imitation
福星高照
- 1 lucky star in the ascendant (idiom); a lucky sign
肝胆相照
- 1 to treat one another with absolute sincerity (idiom); to show total devotion
Sample Sentences
其实你不明白,卦是不能算的,是用来解释和参照的。
Actually, you don't quite understand. The diagrams can't be used for divination. They're used for analysis and consultation.