kau cim en · NOUN
Etymology
Borrowed from Cantonese 求籤／求签 (kau4 cim1).
Meanings
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(uncountable) A Chinese fortune telling practice involving numbered sticks that represent particular answers to questions.
Does not speak with words but pushes / His Kau Cim sticks into my hands.
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