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预知

yù zhī

2-character word Traditional 預知

What 预知 means

1. to anticipate
2. to foresee

The characters in 预知

• 预yùto advance; in advance; beforehand
• 知zhīto know; to be aware

Example sentences

• 预知未来的最好方法就是自己创造未来。
  Yùzhī wèilái de zuì hǎo fāngfǎ jiùshì zìjǐ chuàngzào wèilái.
  The best way to predict the future is to create it yourself.
• 他一直好好的，却突然死去了。未来的事情，实在是无法预知的。
  Tā yīzhí hǎohǎo de, què tūrán sǐqù le. wèilái de shìqing, shízài shì wúfǎ yùzhī de.
  He was so healthy up to the minute of his sudden death. You really never know what might happen next.
• 我们可以回顾过去，但不能改变过去；我们可以改变未来，但不能预知未来。
  Wǒmen kěyǐ huígù guòqù, dàn bù néng gǎibiàn guòqù; wǒmen kěyǐ gǎibiàn wèilái, dàn bù néng yùzhī wèilái.
  The past can only be known, not changed. The future can only be changed, not known.

Sounds the same

Read yù zhī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 预支to pay in advance; to get payment in advance