预言

yù yán · HSK 7

to predict

🔮 预 (beforehand) + 言 (speech) = words spoken beforehand = a prediction

预 carries the sense of in-advance (same 预 as in 预习, to preview). Pair it with 言, speech or words, and you get speech made ahead of time: a forecast or prophecy. yù yán.

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