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Definition of "feng-shui" [fêng•-shu•i]

  • A system of spirit influences for good and evil believed by the Chinese to attend the natural features of landscape; also, a kind of geomancy dealing with these influences, used in determining sites for graves, houses, etc. (noun)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Use "feng-shui" in a sentence
  • "Another extension of Yin and Yang is found in Chinese geomancy, known as feng-shui, literally ‘wind and water’."
  • "HONG KONG—Hong Kong's highest court on Monday rejected an application by feng-shui adviser Tony Chan to hear his appeal against a ruling that denied him the multibillion dollar estate of late businesswoman Nina Wang, who he claims was a longtime lover."
  • "Hong Kong's Court of Appeal dismissed feng-shui adviser Tony Chan's attempt to overturn a ruling that denied him the late heiress Nina Wang's multibillion-dollar fortune."
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