看相 (kàn xiàng) — to practice physiognomy; to have one's fortune told (by reading facial features)
Definition
A verb meaning to read someone's face or features to tell their fortune (physiognomy), or to go have one's own fortune told this way. Distinct from 看风水 (geomancy for places) and from 看手相, which is fortune-telling by palm lines specifically.
verb
to practice physiognomyto have one's fortune told (by reading facial features)
Examples
- 看相。Tā xǐ huan gěi rén kàn xiàng.He likes to tell people's fortunes by reading their faces.
- 。Wǒ zhǎo nà wèi xiān sheng kàn guò yí cì xiāng.I had my fortune told by that gentleman once.
- 看相。kàn xiàng Zài zhōng guó yǒu hěn cháng de lì shǐ.Physiognomy has a long history in China.
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