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Chinese geomancy

Chinese geomancy noun: feng shui.

Noun

Chinese geomancy (uncountable)

  1. Feng shui.
    • His attendants then assembled all the old men and fathers of the village to examine by divination the sources of the lakes and streams, and then pursuing the high land adjoining, and found the wind and water in the highest degree propitious.* [footnote: i.e., On the principles of Chinese geomancy...1842, William B. Langdon, Ten Thousand Things Relating to China and the Chinese, London: William B. Langdon, page 59

Questions about Chinese geomancy

What does Chinese geomancy mean?
Chinese geomancy means feng shui.
What part of speech is Chinese geomancy?
Chinese geomancy is a noun.

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