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Meaning of 卜

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卜 (Trad.: 蔔)Polyphone (多音字)
Total strokes: 2; Radical: 卜
Pictographic:A crack on an oracle bone
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1
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 hú luó bo carrot
胡萝卜素 hú luó bo sù carotene
一个萝卜一个坑 yī gè luó bo yī gè 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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2
Pinyin: bǔ
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 bǔ not foreseen; unpredictable; not on the cards
占卜 zhān bǔ to divine
卜卦 bǔ guà to divine using the trigrams; fortune telling
吉卜赛人 jí bǔ sài rén Gypsy
卜筮 bǔ shì divination
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Example Sentences
1
生死未卜
。
It is hard to tell whether the person is alive or not.
2
我们的安全以及在世界上的地位也会吉凶难卜
。
Our security and our position in the world are at stake.
3
卡呼卜在肯尼亚长大
,
她还记得小时候总是问邻居理查德
·
李基她抓回家的都是些什么动物
。
Growing up in Kenya, Kahumbu remembers asking her neighbor Richard Leakey to tell her about animals she caught and brought to his door.
4
卡呼卜说
:
“
他是家里达到这种教育水平的第一人
,
因为博客带来的机会
,
他已经成为了一名真正的环保英雄
。
”
"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.