八字 [- zì]①(汉字“八”) character “八” ②(旧时用天干地支表示人出生的年、月、日、时， 合起来是八个字， 用以推算一个人的命运) Eight Characters (in four pairs, including the year, month, day and hour of a person's birth, each pair consisting of one Heavenly Stem and one Earthly Branch, formerly used in fortune-telling); horoscope:
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③(八字形的) (shaped or turned) like the character 八 八字步a measured gait with the toes pointing outwards八字脚splayfoot