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hongsuie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hofng'suie [[...]][i#] [p.]

Chinese geomantic system by means of which sites are determined for graves, which sites are said to have an influence on the people (wind and water, "feng shwei")

風水,墳墓

• hongsuie hør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hofng'suie hør [[...]][i#] [p.]
  good locality in geomantic sense, good "feng-shwei"
  風水好

• Y ee hongsuie ti tøh'ui? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ee hofng'suie ti tøq'ui? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Where is his grave?
  他的墳墓在那兒?

hongsuie siensvy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hofng'suie siefn'svy [[...]][i#] [p.]

geomancer

風水先生

khiøhhongsuie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khiøq'hofng'suie [[...]][i#] [p.]

take up a dead body and bury elsewhere, to collect the bones in an urn, re-burial, re-interment

撿骨

khvoax hongsuie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khvoax hofng'suie [[...]][i#] [p.]

practice geomancy in selecting a site for a tomb

看風水

suie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: suie (zuie) [[...]][i#] [p.]

water, liquid, fluid, juice, sap

水

• hoksuie laan siw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hog'suie laan siw [[...]][i#] [p.]
  spilt water cannot be gathered up
  覆水難收

• hør zhuiesuie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hør zhuix'suie [[...]][i#] [p.]
  good at polite phrases and flattering talk
  嘴甜,很會說話

• hongsuie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hofng'suie [[...]][i#] [p.]
  landscape geomancy, grave, especially as regards good luck
  風水

• sansuie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safn'suie [[...]][i#] [p.]
  scenery, landscape
  山水

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