预见 yùjiàn to foresee
to foresee; to predict; to forecast; to envision; foresight; intuition; vision
How to remember 预见: 预 in advance + 见 see = to foresee.
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How it is used
- To foresee / predict, or foresight as a quality - 谁也无法预见未来 (shéi yě wúfǎ yùjiàn wèilái) no one can foresee the future.
- Both verb and noun (有预见 = to have foresight/vision); implies rational anticipation.
- Contrast 预测 (yùcè, to forecast with data/method) - 预见 leans toward insight/foresight, 预测 toward calculated prediction.