占卜
zim1 buk1zhān bǔ
English
- to divine
- to practise divination; to divine
粵語 — Cantonese
- 用科學以外但通常不涉鬼神嘅技法去預測或者計劃未來
Examples
從前有個占卜師告訴哥倫布他將來會成名。哥倫布聽到了,就生氣地要求退錢:「這麼簡單的事實,就連三歲小孩也懂!」
A fortune teller once told Christopher Columbus that he would become a famous man. Columbus, in turn, got angry and demanded his money back - claiming that even a child could state something so obvious.
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
塔羅牌占卜
tarot reading
占卜問前程
to divine the future
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk