他只看了我的生辰八字
“But he only knew my birth chart,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
可是
“But he only knew my birth chart,”
他只看了我的 生辰八字
“But he only knew my birth chart,”
“and then could tell my husband had passed.”
“Believe me, this person is genuinely miraculous because he needed almost no information to know everything.”
In Chinese tradition, one's destiny, career, and marital fortunes are believed to be codified in the exact four pillars of one's birth.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
birth data for fortune-telling (the eight characters of year, month, day, and hour)
Use when discussing traditional Chinese astrology, fortune-telling, or matchmaking customs.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“With their natal chart and residence feng shui,”
“They just exchanged birth horoscopes.”
“Then just look at me.”
“because it wasn't finalized yet. Never expect that Xuemei and the others would sign the contract so fast.”
“I was the one who assessed its Feng Shui.”
“he cast a divination for me.”