八字

bāzì
  1. the character 8 or 八
  2. birthdate characters used in fortune-telling

CEDICT

  1. (literally) the character 八
  2. eight characters that indicate the year, month, date and double-hour of one's birth, used in fortune-telling
  3. the character 八

Wiktionary

星命家將人出生的年、月、日、時各配干支，以推斷一生的禍福吉凶，稱為「八字」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 八 bā eight
2 字 zì
  1. letter
  2. symbol
  3. character
  4. word
  5. courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China

classifier: 個

Containing this entry

八字命理 bāzìmìnglǐ divination based on the eight characters of one's birth date
八字形 bāzìxíng
  1. shape resembling the character 八 or 8
  2. V-shape
  3. splayed
  4. figure of eight
八字方針 bāzìfāngzhēn
  1. a policy expressed as an eight-character slogan
  2. (esp.) the eight-character slogan for the economic policy proposed by Li Fuchun 李富春 Lǐ Fùchūn in 1961: 調整、鞏固、充實、提高、巩固、充实、提高 "adjust, consolidate, enrich and improve"
八字步 bāzìbù step with feet splayed outwards
八字沒一撇 bāzìméiyīpiě
  1. lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 bā (idiom)
  2. fig. things have not even begun to take shape
  3. no sign of success yet
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