占卜 zhān bǔ — divination; augury; to practise divination

占卜
zhān bǔ

Characters: 占 · 卜

Definitions

  1. divination; augury; to practise divination

More definitions

CC-CEDICT

  1. to divine

ExtDict

  1. 古代用龟甲﹑蓍草等，后世用铜钱，牙牌等推断吉凶祸福。

Examples

  • 古人遇事常常占卜，询问吉凶。

    Ancient people often practiced divination to ask about fortune or misfortune when facing events.

  • 他半开玩笑地说，要占卜一下明天的行情。

    Half-jokingly, he said he'd cast a divination about tomorrow's market.

  • 这套占卜的方法，是从商周时期传下来的。

    This method of divination was handed down from the Shang and Zhou dynasties.