半仙
buáng-siĕng1.shaman, fortuneteller, or similar practitioner believed or claiming to possess near-supernatural powers, sometimes viewed as a charlatan
2.(by extension) someone who talks mysteriously or nonsensically, lacking common sense, behaving rashly, or even mentally unstable
3.(Xiamen) fortuneteller complimentary term of address
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Imported from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0): en.wiktionary.org/wiki/半仙. Mandarin: bànxiān.
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