数往知来 ( shǔ wǎng zhī lái )

词语解释

  1. 数往知来 (shǔwǎng-zhīlái)
    1. 追溯过去,可以预测未来 deduce what likely to happen in the future by reviewing what has taken place in the past;know the future by thinking of the past

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數往知來 (shǔ wǎng zhī lái)
  1. 語本易經.說卦:「八卦相錯,數往者順,知來者逆。」指根據已過去的事來推測,就可預知未來。

    • 明.陸容.菽園雜記.卷一:「洪武中,朝廷訪求通曉歷數,數往知來,試無不驗者,必封侯,食祿千五百石。」

    近义词: 溫故知新