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Mandarin · pinyin xiào jiǎo

(folk religion) inconclusive divination result from casting moon blocks 筊杯 jiǎo bēi (both blocks flat side up); ambiguous or noncommittal response from a deity

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4–3 · xiao4 jiao3

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inconclusive result in divination using moon blocks (showing with two blocks flat)

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