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feng shui
[ fuhng shwey, feng shwee ]
- the Chinese art or practice of creating harmonious surroundings that enhance the balance of yin and yang, as in arranging furniture or determining the siting of a house.
feng shui
/ ˈfʌŋ ˈʃweɪ /
noun
- the Chinese art of determining the most propitious design and placement of a grave, building, room, etc, so that the maximum harmony is achieved between the flow of chi of the environment and that of the user, believed to bring good fortune
Word History and Origins
Origin of feng shui1
Word History and Origins
Origin of feng shui1
Example Sentences
Dulfo, 17, and his family still try to celebrate Lunar New Year by wearing red outfits, cooking dumplings and refreshing their home according to feng shui principles.
My grandfather was a believer in feng shui and fortune-telling, and he had my dad’s reading done at birth.
One person said Trina had asked a feng shui expert to be involved in the final decision.
In China, such practices go beyond those categorized in the Abrahamic faiths of Christianity, Islam and Judaism to include other faith systems and folk beliefs such as feng shui.
“It’s like he came in immediately yelling and barking. He basically messed up the feng shui of the whole house.”
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