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预见

yùjiàn

to foresee; foresight

A person looks through a telescope at distant storm clouds
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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

见 jiàn

Strokes
4
Radical
见 — to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
Made of
冂 frame 儿 son, child
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 早在市场萎缩之前,这位分析师就预见了供应链将面临的连锁冲击。 Zǎo zài shìchǎng wěisuō zhīqián, zhè wèi fēnxīshī jiù yùjiàn le gōngyìngliàn jiāng miànlín de liánsuǒ chōngjī. Long before the market contracted, this analyst foresaw the chain reaction the supply chain would face.
  • 聪明的管理者总是能预见市场可能出现的变化。 Cōngming de guǎnlǐzhě zǒngshì néng yùjiàn shìchǎng kěnéng chūxiàn de biànhuà. A smart manager can always foresee the changes the market may undergo.
  • 这场灾难印证了他去年的预见。 Zhè chǎng zāinàn yìnzhèng le tā qùnián de yùjiàn. This disaster confirmed the foresight he showed last year.

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