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taiˊ²soeng˗₃
Pinyin
di4 xiang1
Translations
noun
read face; tell future; fortune telling
noun
(v.) to tell a fortune by reading someone's face (physiognomy); to visit a fortune teller.
taiˊ²soeng˗₃louˊ²
Pinyin
di4 xiang1 lao3
Translations
noun
fortune teller
noun
male fortune teller
taiˊ²soeng˗₃louˊ²akˉ¹neiˏ₅sapˍ₆ninˎ₄baat˗₃ninˎ₄
Pinyin
di4 xiang1 lao3 e4 ni3 shi2 nian2 ba1 nian2
Translations
noun
(literally: a fortune teller may deceive you for only eight or ten years); time will tell who you can trust; you will realise with time that I am telling you the truth (whilst others may lie to you); time will witness the truth; would I lie to you? [colloquial]