未卜先知

wèi bǔ xiān zhī

Dictionary entry

(idiom) to foresee the future (without divination); to know beforehand through uncanny insight

What does 未卜先知 mean?

未卜先知 (wèi bǔ xiān zhī) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(idiom) to foresee the future (without divination); to know beforehand through uncanny insight

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未wèinot yet · did not 卜Bǔsurname Bu 先xiānbeforehand; first; earlier · at first; originally 知zhīto know · to be aware

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未卜先知

wèi bǔ xiān zhī

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