算命 suàn mìng – fortune telling 星座 xīng zuò – zodiac sign 姓名學 xìng míng xué / 八字姓名學 bā zì xìng míng xué – Chinese name analysis based on the eight characters of one’s birth date 紫微斗數 zǐ wēi dǒu shù – Purple Star Astrology, a Chinese astrological system 看面相 kàn miàn xiàng – physiognomy, reading facial features to determine personality or fate 艱澀 jiān sè – difficult to understand; dry and difficult to absorb 110年- the year 2021 in the Taiwanese calendar 肯教 kěn jiāo – willing to teach 單譜 dān pǔ – a type of Chinese divination that uses a single hexagram 文王卦 wén wáng guà – divination method based on the hexagrams in the Book of Changes 易經占卜 yì jīng zhàn bǔ – divination based on the Book of Changes (Yi Jing)
兩原論 liǎng yuán lùn – dualism, the belief that the world consists of two basic, opposing forces or principles 動態 dòng tài – dynamic, active, constantly changing 靜態 jìng tài – static, stationary, unchanging 偏 piān – biased, inclined towards 開創 kāi chuàng – create, initiate, start something new 突破 tū pò – breakthrough, overcome a barrier, make a significant advance 幕僚 mù liáo – aide, assistant, advisor to a leader or decision-maker 軍師 jūn shī – military strategist, advisor to a military commander
命數 mìngshù – destiny calculation 八字 bāzì – eight Chinese characters used to represent a person’s birth year, month, day, and hour (also known as Four Pillars of Destiny). These eight characters are based on the Chinese lunar calendar and are believed to provide information about a person’s personality, relationships, career, and health. 對應 duìyìng – corresponding to 天干地支 tiāngān dìzhī) – a system used in traditional Chinese astrology and calendar-keeping that combines the ten heavenly stems (天干 tiān gān) and twelve earthly branches (地支 dì zhī) 主星 zhǔxīng – Principal star 吉星 jíxīng – Auspicious star 煞星 shàxīng – Inauspicious star 空星 kōngxīng – Void star 雜要 záyào – miscellanea 評斷 píngduàn – to evaluate, to judge 命主 mìngzhǔ – person whose destiny is being analyzed
壓抑 yā yì – suppression, restraint 怒火 nù huǒ – anger, rage 異性 yì xìng – opposite sex 腦殘 nǎo cán – brain damage, colloquially used to describe being foolish or dumb 腦霧 nǎo wù – brain fog, mental confusion 奔波勞累 bēn bō láo lèi – rushing around and working hard, toil and fatigue
Hosts & Guests
Main Host
芳芳 (Fangfang)
Main Host
莛莛 (Tingting)
Guest
俊宇 (Jùn yǔ)
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