pray to the gods and seek to ascertain by divination

pray to the gods and seek to ascertain by divination

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Qi ú sh é NW è Nb ǔ, which means that superstitious people ask gods and ghosts for help or solve problems by divination. It's from xingshihengyan · the score of the mandarin duck by Qiao Taishou.

Analysis of Idioms

Asking for divination

Idiom usage

I'll ask for divination with you, and I'll be relieved and keep myself. (Hu Wenhuan, Ming Dynasty, anthology of Qun Yin Lei, nanxixiang Ji, Yingying's visit)

The origin of Idioms

Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty wrote "xingshihengyan · Qiao Taishou points Yuanyang's spectrum in disorder": "it's very dangerous to be careless. The medicine you take is like throwing it on a stone. It's useless. It is useless to ask for divination. "