紫 微 斗 数

zǐ wēi dǒu shùdictionary entry

Zi Wei Dou Shu, a form of Chinese fortune-telling

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Original source entry:

紫微斗數紫微斗数 [zi3 wei1 dou3 shu4] /Zi Wei Dou Shu, a form of Chinese fortune-telling/

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Other forms in these source records: 紫微斗數

紫
zǐ
purple / violet
微
wēi
tiny / miniature / slightly / profound / abtruse / to decline / one millionth part of / micro- / Taiwan pr. [wéi]
Wēi
surname Wei / ancient Chinese state near present-day Chongqing / Taiwan pr. [Wéi]
斗
dǒu
dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[shēng] or one-tenth of a 石[dàn] / decaliter / peck / cup or dipper shaped object
dòu
to fight / to struggle / to condemn / to censure / to contend / to put together / coming together
Dǒu
abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Běi dǒu xīng]
数
shǔ
to count / to count as / to regard as / to enumerate / to list
shù
number / figure / several / a few
shuò
(literary) frequently / repeatedly

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