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八卦

Mandarin · pinyin bā guà

the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經 Yì jīng
gossip
gossipy

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八: bā · eight; all around, all sides
卦: guà · fortune telling; tell fortunes

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1–4 · ba1 gua4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

baat3 gwaa3

Cantonese word readings for 八卦. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

bagua (eight divinatory trigrams of the I Ching)
(figurative) gossip; tittle-tattle; rumour

verb

(figurative) to gossip; to tittle-tattle

adj

(figurative) prone to gossip; gossipy

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