相术

相術

xiàngshù

noun

Meanings

HSK 7-9

相术认为，从一个人的长相可以看出他的命运。

Xiàngshù rènwéi, cóng yí ge rén de zhǎngxiàng kěyǐ kànchū tā de mìngyùn.

Physiognomy holds that a person's fate can be read from their looks.

HSK 7-9

他研究了多年相术，自称能看出别人的运气。

Tā yánjiū le duō nián xiàngshù, zìchēng néng kànchū biéren de yùnqi.

He has studied physiognomy for years and claims he can read other people's luck.

mistakes

Read 相 'appearance, looks' here, not 相 'mutual'. Telling someone's fortune from their face is 看相; 算命 is fortune-telling in general.

相 xiāng

术 shù