feng shui

[fuhng shwey]

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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.

Origin of feng shui

1795–1800; < Chinese: natural surroundings, literally, wind and water

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Related Words for feng shui

furnishing

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Historical Examples of feng shui

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 Creighton

British Dictionary definitions for feng shui

feng shui

noun

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

Word Origin for feng shui

C20: from Chinese feng wind + shui water

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Word Origin and History for feng shui

also feng-shui, 1797, from Chinese, from feng "wind" + shui "water." A system of spiritual influences in natural landscapes and a means of regulating them.