算卦
suàn guà
Pinyin

Definition

算卦
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suàn guà
  1. fortune telling

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

jiù suàn
  1. 1 granted that
  2. 2 even if
suàn
  1. 1 to regard as
  2. 2 to figure
  3. 3 to calculate
  4. 4 to compute
bā guà
  1. 1 the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yì jīng]
  2. 2 gossip
  3. 3 gossipy
huá suàn
  1. 1 to calculate
  2. 2 to weigh (pros and cons)
  3. 3 to view as profitable
  4. 4 worthwhile
  5. 5 value for money
  6. 6 cost-effective
dǎ suàn
  1. 1 to plan
  2. 2 to intend
  3. 3 to calculate
  4. 4 plan
  5. 5 intention
  6. 6 calculation
  7. 7 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (11)

巴前算后
bā qián suàn hòu
  1. 1 thinking and pondering (idiom); to turn sth over in one's mind
  2. 2 to consider repeatedly
打小算盘
dǎ xiǎo suàn pán
  1. 1 lit. to count on a narrow abacus (idiom); petty and scheming selfishly
  2. 2 concerned with petty interests
  3. 3 selfish and uncaring of the interests of others
  4. 4 bean counter
满打满算
mǎn dǎ mǎn suàn
  1. 1 taking everything into account (idiom)
  2. 2 when all is said and done
神机妙算
shén jī miào suàn
  1. 1 divine strategy and wonderful planning (idiom)
  2. 2 clever scheme
  3. 3 supremely clever in his schemes
秋后算帐
qiū hòu suàn zhàng
  1. 1 lit. settling accounts after the autumn harvest (idiom); to wait until the time is ripe to settle accounts
  2. 2 to bide time for revenge

Sample Sentences

我还听说,懂《易经》的肯定会算卦。刘教授,您受累帮我家儿子算算这次高考能不能中。
wǒ hái tīngshuō ,dǒng 《Yìjīng 》de kěndìng huì suànguà 。Liú jiàoshòu ,nín shòulèi bāng wǒ jiā érzi suàn suan zhècì gāokǎo néng bu néng zhòng 。
I've also heard that if you understand the I Ching, you can tell fortunes. Professor Liu, can I trouble you to determine whether my son will be able to pass the college entrance exam?