DictionaryCommon words八卦

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八卦

bāguà

“the eight trigrams of the Book of Changes; gossip; rumors; gossipy (esp. in Hong Kong and Taiwan usage)”

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The natural number eight; used as a numeral or adjective to denote eight; sometimes used adverbially to mean all around or many.

guà·ㄍㄨㄚˋ

A divinatory symbol or diagram; one of the eight trigrams or sixty-four hexagrams used in ancient Chinese fortune-telling to determine good or bad fortune.