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预感

yùgǎn

to have a premonition; premonition

A person at a doorway holds an umbrella, watching a dark cloud gather
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Characters in this word

预 yù

Strokes
10
Radical
页 — page, sheet, leaf
Made of
予 to give 页 page, sheet, leaf
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 预

感 gǎn

Strokes
13
Radical
心 — heart
Made of
咸 all, together, united 心 heart
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 感

Example phrases

  • 听完他的解释后,我隐约预感到,这场合作迟早会出现严重分歧。 Tīng wán tā de jiěshì hòu, wǒ yǐnyuē yùgǎn dào, zhè chǎng hézuò chízǎo huì chūxiàn yánzhòng fēnqí. After hearing his explanation, I vaguely sensed that serious disagreements would sooner or later arise in this cooperation.
  • 出门前我有一种预感,今天会下雨,果然傍晚就下起来了。 Chūmén qián wǒ yǒu yī zhǒng yùgǎn, jīntiān huì xià yǔ, guǒrán bàngwǎn jiù xià qǐlái le. Before leaving the house I had a feeling it would rain today, and sure enough it started raining in the evening.
  • 她心头忽然有种不祥的预感,好像忘记锁门了。 Tā xīntóu hūrán yǒu zhǒng bùxiáng de yùgǎn, hǎoxiàng wàngjì suǒ mén le. She suddenly had an ominous feeling, as if she had forgotten to lock the door.

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