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dǐng chēng shí lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom); fig. a waste of precious material / casting pearls before swine
jiǎo (folk religion) inconclusive divination result from casting moon blocks 筊杯 (at least one block lands on its edge); result interpreted as unclear or exceptional
xiào jiǎo (folk religion) inconclusive divination result from casting moon blocks 筊杯 (both blocks flat side up); ambiguous or noncommittal response from a deity
shèng jiǎo (folk religion) favorable divination result from casting moon blocks 筊杯 (one flat side and one rounded side up); affirmative response from a deity
bēi (Tw) (folk religion) to divine by casting moon blocks 筊杯 (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [pua̍h-pue]) (equivalent to Mandarin 掷筊)
yīn jiǎo (folk religion) unfavorable divination result from casting moon blocks 筊杯 (both blocks rounded side up); negative response from a deity
hūn casting a couple's fortune based on their bithdates (old)
lián zhù continuous casting (metallurgy)
wéi to fish by casting a net / to capture / to surround and seize
zhù tóng bronze casting
zhù jiàn a casting (i.e. sth cast in a mold)

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