未卜先知
Chinese edit
not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m. | to divine; foretell; turnip | early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first |
to know; to be aware | ||
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simp. and trad. (未卜先知) |
未 | 卜 | 先 | 知 | |
Literally: “to already know without having performed divination”. |
Pronunciation edit
Idiom edit
未卜先知
- to predict accurately; to foretell accurately