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Meaning of 卜

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(Trad.: 蔔)Polyphone (多音字)
Total strokes: 2; Radical:
Pictographic:A crack on an oracle bone
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Pinyin: bo
English Definition:see 萝卜
Example Words:
萝卜 luó bo radish (Raphanus sativus), esp. white radish 白萝卜
胡萝卜 luó bo carrot
胡萝卜素 luó bo carotene
一个萝卜一个坑 luó bo kēng lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom); fig. each person has his own position; each to his own; horses for courses; every kettle has its lid
白萝卜 bái luó bo white radish; daikon; Raphanus sativus longipinnatus
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Pinyin:
English Definition:to divine; to forecast or estimate; (of a place to live etc) to choose; surname Bu
Chinese Definition:
①古人迷信,用火灼龟甲,以为看了那灼开的裂纹就可以推测出行事的吉凶。
②预料,估计,猜测:预卜。
③选择(处所):卜宅。卜邻。

Example Words:
未卜 wèi not foreseen; unpredictable; not on the cards
占卜 zhān to divine
卜卦 guà to divine using the trigrams; fortune telling
吉卜赛人 sài rén Gypsy
卜筮 shì divination
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Example Sentences
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It is hard to tell whether the person is alive or not.
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Our security and our position in the world are at stake.
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Growing up in Kenya, Kahumbu remembers asking her neighbor Richard Leakey to tell her about animals she caught and brought to his door.
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"He's the first person in his region to achieve this level of education," says Kahumbu. "He's become a real conservation hero thanks to opportunities inspired by his blog.