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Meaning of 巫

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Pinyin:
English Definition: witch; wizard; shaman; also pr. [wu2]
Chinese Definition:
①以祈祷求神骗取财物的人:巫婆。女巫。男巫。巫术。小巫见大巫(喻小的跟大的一比,就显得小不如大)。
②姓氏。
Total strokes: 7; Radical:
Pictographic:A cross-shaped divining rod
Character Formation:
  • Overlaid
    • [ gōng ] labor, work; laborer, worker
    • [ cóng ] from, by, since, whence, through
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Example Words
巫师 shī wizard; magician
巫术 shù witchcraft
巫婆 witch; sorceress; female shaman
巫医 witch doctor; medicine man; shaman
小巫见大巫 xiǎo jiàn lit. minor magician in the presence of a great one (idiom); fig. to pale into insignificance by comparison
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Example Sentences
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Wizards usually use magic wands to perform spells.
2
I think I will head north - to that clan in Denali.
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So I guess her coven ought to be able to derive some comfort from this experience.
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The bespectacled boy wizard has worked his biggest box-office magic to date.
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The magistrates were convinced, and the rooster was convicted as a sorcerer in the form of a bird and burned at the stake together with his egg.