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占卜

zhān bǔ

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

占卜 (zhān bǔ) means "to divine". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 占卜 means

1. to divine

The characters in 占卜

• 占zhànto take possession of; to occupy; to take up
• 卜bǔ(bound form) to divine

Example sentences

• 从前有个占卜师告诉哥伦布他将来会成名。哥伦布听到了，就生气地要求退钱：“这么简单的事实，就连三岁小孩也懂！”
  Cóngqián yǒu gè zhānbǔ shī gàosu Gēlúnbù tā jiānglái huì chéngmíng. Gēlúnbù tīngdào le, jiù shēngqì de yāoqiú tuìqián:“ zhème jiǎndān de shìshí, jiù lián sān suì xiǎohái yě dǒng!”
  A fortune teller once told Christopher Columbus that he would become a famous man. Columbus, in turn, got angry and demanded his money back - claiming that even a child could state something so obvious.
• 从前有个占卜师告诉哥伦布他将来会成名。哥伦布听到了，就生气地要求退钱：「这么简单的事实，就连三岁小孩也懂！」
  A fortune teller once told Christopher Columbus that he would become a famous man. Columbus, in turn, got angry and demanded his money back - claiming that even a child could state something so obvious.

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhān bǔ correctly.
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