feng shui
the Chinese art or practice of creating harmonious surroundings that enhance the balance of yin and yang, as in arranging furniture or determining the siting of a house.
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How to use feng shui in a sentence
After several years in the job, perhaps the feng shui warranty has already run out.
Much of the national art of Feng-shui is concerned, under the mask of divination, with these common-sense aims.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II) | Charles CreightonThey have to bury folks according to the rules of feng shui.
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British Dictionary definitions for feng shui
/ (ˈfʌŋ ˈʃweɪ) /
the Chinese art of determining the most propitious design and placement of a grave, building, room, etc, so that the maximum harmony is achieved between the flow of chi of the environment and that of the user, believed to bring good fortune
Origin of feng shui
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