料 事 如 神

liào shì rú shéndictionary entry

to prophesy with supernatural accuracy (idiom) / to have an incredible foresight

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Original source entry:

料事如神 料事如神 [liao4 shi4 ru2 shen2] /to prophesy with supernatural accuracy (idiom)/to have an incredible foresight/

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料
liào
material / stuff / grain / feed / to expect / to anticipate / to guess
事
shì
matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件[jiàn],樁|桩[zhuāng],回[huí]
如
rú
as / as if / such as
神
shén
god; deity / supernatural; magical; mysterious / spirit; mind; energy / lively; expressive / look; expression / (coll.) awesome; amazing
Shén
God

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