风水
fēngshuǐ
feng shui; geomancy
Characters in this word
水 shuǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 水 — water, liquid, lotion, juice
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 这座祠堂的朝向据说经过风水先生反复推算，但更实际的原因可能是避开山洪。 Zhè zuò cítáng de cháoxiàng jùshuō jīngguò fēngshuǐ xiānsheng fǎnfù tuīsuàn, dàn gèng shíjì de yuányīn kěnéng shì bìkāi shānhóng. The orientation of this ancestral hall is said to have been repeatedly calculated by a feng shui master, but the more practical reason may have been to avoid flash floods.
- 很多人买房子前会先请人看风水。 Hěn duō rén mǎi fángzi qián huì xiān qǐng rén kàn fēngshuǐ. Many people ask someone to check the feng shui before buying a house.
- 他在办公桌旁放了一盆绿植，说是为了改善风水。 Tā zài bàngōngzhuō páng fàng le yì pén lǜzhí, shuō shì wèile gǎishàn fēngshuǐ. He placed a potted plant beside his desk, saying it was to improve the feng shui.