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步罡踏斗

Mandarin · pinyin bù gāng tà dǒu

to worship the astral deities (idiom, refers to Daoist astrology)

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步: bù · step, pace; walk, stroll
罡: gāng · the stars making up the handle of the Big Dipper (Alkaid, Mizar, and Alioth)
踏: tà · step on, trample, tread on, walk
斗: dòu · dǒu · a dipper; unit of volume (ten 升 or litres); Kangxi radical 68; 8th lunar mansion, determinative star φ Sagittarii

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4–1–4–3 · bu4 gang1 ta4 dou3

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