算命 (suàn mìng) — to tell someone's fortune, to practice fortune-telling
Definition
算命 means to tell someone's fortune (often a stranger doing it for a paying client, at a temple or street stall). It is a verb-object compound that can split as 算…命 or take 了/过 for past experience.
verb
to tell someone's fortuneto practice fortune-telling
Examples
- 算命？？Nǐ suàn mìng guò ma? zhǔn bù zhǔn?Have you had your fortune told? Is it accurate?
- 。Mā ma qù miào lǐ zhǎo rén suàn le yí cì mìng.Mom went to the temple to have her fortune told once.
- 算命，。Zhè wèi lǎo xiān sheng shì zhuān mén suàn mìng de, měi tiān dōu yǒu hěn duō rén lái zhǎo tā.This old gentleman is a professional fortune teller; many people come to see him every day.
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