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五ng5行hang4

ng5 hang4wǔ xíng

English

  1. five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水
  2. five elements (metal, wood, water, fire and earth), a concept in Classical Chinese philosophy

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 指金、木、水、火、土五種物質;以往被視為構成萬物嘅基本元素,相生相剋,令宇宙萬物運行變化,形成各種現象;又愛嚟對照人世間嘅命數、運程,從而推算;概念亦套用落宇宙論、占星術、中藥、音樂、武術等

Examples

  • 陰陽五行

    Yin Yang, Five Elements

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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