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)

Also contained in

八卦掌 、 八卦山 、 八卦阵 、 八卦拳 、 炼丹八卦炉

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• Scroll 3: Development of the Self - Harmonizing and Managing One's Conduct 卷三 開發自我 調御己行 Hsing Yun Dharma Words 7 - Life's Brocade Pouch 《星雲法語7－人生的錦囊》 — count: 2
• Care for Living and Dying Investigation (Volume 3) - A Buddhist View of 'Folk Religions' 生死關懷探討（下冊） 佛教對「民間信仰」的看法 Humanistic Buddhism Series Contemporary Questions Symposium 《人間佛教當代問題座談會》 — count: 2
• Current Affairs 時事新聞 Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 9 - It's Lonely at the Top 《迷悟之間(九)高處不勝寒》 — count: 2
• Chapter 3: Dealing with Right and Wrong - True and False 卷三　是非的處理 ■真假 Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 12 - Being Aware of One's Frame of Mind 《人間萬事12－悟者的心境》 — count: 2
• Society Issues Investigation (Volume 1) - A Buddhist View of 'Social Issues' 社會議題探討（上冊） 佛教對「社會問題」的看法 Humanistic Buddhism Series Contemporary Questions Symposium 《人間佛教當代問題座談會》 — count: 1
• Volume 9: Investigation of Buddhist Questions - Class 17: Popular Customs 第九冊　佛教問題探討 第十七課　民俗 Fo Guang Buddhist Textbooks 《佛光教科書》 — count: 1
• Volume 8: Buddhism and Study about the World - Class 5: Buddhism and Philosophy 第八冊　佛教與世學 第五課　佛教與哲學 Fo Guang Buddhist Textbooks 《佛光教科書》 — count: 1
• Scroll 3: Similes of Wisdom - How to Pick and Choose 卷三 智慧之喻 如何揀擇 Hsing Yun Dharma Words 4 - How to Overcome Difficulties 《星雲法語4－如何度難關》 — count: 1
• Chapter 38: My View of Life and Death 【三十八說】我對生死的看法 Hear Me Out: Messages from a Humble Monk 《貧僧有話要說》 — count: 1
• How to Build Humanistic Buddhism - 3 The Modernization of Buddhism (Speech at the Taiwan Provincial Government National Studies Research Institute) 如何建設人間佛教 第三篇　佛教的現代化(講於臺灣省政府國學研習會) Buddhism Series 10 - Humanistic Buddhism 《佛教叢書10－人間佛教》 — count: 1

Collocations

• 八卦新闻 (八卦新聞) 例如專門刊登八卦新聞 — Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 5 - Gas Station of Life 《迷悟之間(五)人生加油站》, Exclusive News 獨家新聞 — count: 10
• 社会八卦 (社會八卦) 社會八卦 — Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 2 - Intangible Value 《人間萬事2－無形的可貴》, Scroll 3: Using the Useless - Logic 卷三　無用之用 理則 — count: 2
• 八卦哲理 (八卦哲理) 其中雖也運用了中國的八卦哲理 — Fo Guang Buddhist Textbooks 《佛光教科書》, Volume 9: Investigation of Buddhist Questions - Class 17: Popular Customs 第九冊　佛教問題探討 第十七課　民俗 — count: 2
• 五行八卦 (五行八卦) 五行八卦 — Humanistic Buddhism Series Contemporary Questions Symposium 《人間佛教當代問題座談會》, Care for Living and Dying Investigation (Volume 3) - A Buddhist View of 'Folk Religions' 生死關懷探討（下冊） 佛教對「民間信仰」的看法 — count: 2