huò fú jí xiōngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
fate / portent / luck or disasters as foretold in the stars (astrology)
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Original source entry:

禍福吉凶 祸福吉凶 [huo4 fu2 ji2 xiong1] /fate/portent/luck or disasters as foretold in the stars (astrology)/

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Other forms in these source records: 禍福吉凶

  • 祸
    huò

    disaster / misfortune / calamity

  • 福
    fú

    good fortune / happiness / luck

    Fú

    surname Fu / abbr. for Fujian province 福建省[Fú jiàn Shěng]

  • 吉
    jí

    lucky / giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)

    Jí

    short name for Jilin 吉林[Jí lín] / surname Ji

  • 凶
    xiōng

    terrible / fearful / vicious / fierce / ominous / inauspicious / famine

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