彰往察來
zhāng​wǎng​chá​lái

to reflect on the past to predict the future

  • created reference approved 彰往察来/彰往察來 → 章往考来/章往考來 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    彰往察来 / 彰往察來 zhāng​wǎng​chá​lái

    章往考来 / 章往考來 zhāng​wǎng​kǎo​lái

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 彰往察来/彰往察來 · zhāng​wǎng​chá​lái · to reflect on the past to predict the future — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    彰往察来 / 彰往察來

    zhāng​wǎng​chá​lái

    to reflect on the past to predict the future

    To reveal past events as a way to understand or predict what is to come; to consider the past and weigh the future.

    彰 (literal) → 彰 · zhāng · to make known 往 (literal) → 往 · wǎng · past 察 (literal) → 察 · chá · to examine 来 (literal) → 来/來 · lái · future

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense