feng shui

feng shui  (fng shw)

n.

The Chinese art or practice of positioning objects, especially graves, buildings, and furniture, based on a belief in patterns of yin and yang and the flow of chi that have positive and negative effects.

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[Chinese (Mandarin) fng shu, wind (and) water : fng, wind + shu, water.]

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feng shui [[fung shway]]

Noun

the Chinese art of deciding the best design or position of a grave, building, etc., in order to bring good luck [Chinese feng wind + shui water]

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Noun

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feng shui - rules in Chinese philosophy that govern spatial arrangement and orientation in relation to patterns of yin and yang and the flow of energy (qi); the favorable or unfavorable effects are taken into consideration in designing and siting buildings and graves and furniture principle, rule - a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct; "their principles of composition characterized all their works" Cathay, China, Communist China, mainland China, People's Republic of China, PRC, Red China - a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world