| 风水先生 |
fēng shuǐ xiān sheng |
feng shui master / geomancer / stock figure in folk tales, as a wise adviser or a charlatan |
| 风 |
fēng |
wind / news / style / custom / manner / CL:阵,丝 |
| 风水 |
fēng shuǐ |
feng shui / geomancy |
| 水 |
Shuǐ |
surname Shui |
| 水 |
shuǐ |
water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 会水 and 水性) / (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy / (bound form) additional cost; extra income / classifier for washings of a garment |
| 先 |
xiān |
beforehand; first; earlier / at first; originally / for the time being; for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself) |
| 先生 |
xiān sheng |
teacher / gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.) / husband / (dialect) doctor / CL:位 |
| 生 |
shēng |
to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born / to arise; to occur / to light (a fire) / to live; to be alive / life / raw; uncooked; unprocessed / unfamiliar; strange / (bound form) student; person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life; lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽) |