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🗣 chiørpoef 🗣 (u: chiøx'poef ⬆︎ ) 笑桮 [wt][mo][[MK]] tshiò-pue [#]
1. (N) inconclusive result in poe divination. when offering sacrifices to the gods or ancestors or divining using poe divination, both flats face up. the Harnji 笑 chiøx is used for phonetic value, for the meaning of "facing up". the folk interpretation is "explanation unclear, deities' plans undecided, therefore smile in response" || 陽筊。祭祀或占卜擲杯筊,兩個都是平面向上的情況。「笑」是借音字,為「面朝上」之意。民間則有「說明不清、神佛主意未定,所以微笑以對」的詮釋。


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