Pinyin: draw lots [zhuā jiū].
Quote: Yan Fu's On the Establishment of Shanghai Girls' School: "Is there a great couple who will not change their lives as long as they meet? The beginning is based on exploration and grasping the lottery? "
Use example:
1) At first, they drew lots to decide who would share the porridge, taking turns every day.
2) Even so, lots must be drawn. They will inherit it according to the names of their fathers' tribes.
Let's draw lots to decide who will go first.
Synonym:
I. Draw lots [ch not u qi ā n]
Explanation: a superstitious activity marked by chopping bamboo, accompanied by sentences, and drawing lots in front of the gods to occupy good or bad luck. Draw lots.
Citation: Act I of Hong Shen's "Protecting Virtue": "Every man who has reached the age of eighteen but not forty-five has the obligation to be a soldier. Whoever draws lots first will go first. "
Second, the location [niān jiū]
Explanation: Choose one of the pre-marked paper rolls or balls at will to decide things.
Quote: Ba Jin's "Home" VI: "So my father had to resort to the method of drawing lots, wrote the surnames of two girls on two small red pieces of paper, kneaded them into two balls, held them in his hands, prayed sincerely before the ancestors' gods, and then picked one at random. This is how the Li family's marriage was settled. "