八卦 bā guà

  1. bā guà proper noun the eight divinatory trigrams
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: A set of eight symbols in the 易经 ”Book of Changes”. They are: 乾 ☰ qian, 兌 ☱ dui, 離 ☲ li, 震 ☳ zhen, 巽 ☴ xun, 坎 ☵ kan, 艮 ☶ gen, and 坤 ☷ kun (Guoyu '八卦' n 1; Nylan 2001, p. 218; Yao 2000, p. 58)
  2. bā guà noun gossip
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '八卦' n 3)
  3. bā guà noun idle chat
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '八卦' n 2)

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