谶纬
chèn wěi
Pinyin

Definition

谶纬
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chèn wěi
  1. divination combined with mystical Confucian philosopy, prevalent during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (11)

北纬
běi wěi
  1. 1 latitude north
经纬
jīng wěi
  1. 1 warp and woof
  2. 2 longitude and latitude
  3. 3 main points
纬度
wěi dù
  1. 1 latitude
南纬
nán wěi
  1. 1 latitude south
纬线
wěi xiàn
  1. 1 woof
  2. 2 line of latitude
  3. 3 parallel
蒋纬国
Jiǎng Wěi guó
  1. 1 Chiang Wei-kuo (1916-1997), adopted son of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石
谶纬
chèn wěi
  1. 1 divination combined with mystical Confucian philosopy, prevalent during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220)
经纬线
jīng wěi xiàn
  1. 1 lines of latitude and longitude
  2. 2 warp and woof
纬
wěi
  1. 1 latitude
  2. 2 woof (horizontal thread in weaving)
  3. 3 weft
谶语
chèn yǔ
  1. 1 prophecy
  2. 2 prophetic remark
高纬度
gāo wěi dù
  1. 1 high latitude (i.e. near the poles)

Idioms (1)

一语成谶
yī yǔ chéng chèn
  1. 1 (idiom) to have one's words turn out to be (tragically) prophetic

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