卦 (guà) — trigram (of the I Ching); divination symbol

Definition

Examples

• 他会用《易经》的卦来占卜未来。
  Tā huì yòng 《yì jīng》 de guà lái zhān bǔ wèi lái.
  He uses the trigrams of the I Ching to divine the future.
• 她请了一位大师为她打卦，预测事业。
  Tā qǐng le yí wèi dà shī wèi tā dǎ guà, yù cè shì yè.
  She hired a master to cast trigrams for her, predicting her career.
• 这本书详细介绍了六十四卦的含义。
  Zhè běn shū xiáng xì jiè shào le liù shí sì guà de hán yì.
  This book explains in detail the meanings of the sixty-four hexagrams.

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