foretell like a prophet(liào shì rú shén)

foretell like a prophet

It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is Li à OSH à R ú sh é n. It means to anticipate things like God. It's exactly the same as what happened. It comes from the epitaph of Prince JianZheng of Tixing Huiyou.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] have a clear idea and have foresight

Idiom usage

The fourth chapter of the chronicles of the states of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty written by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty: "sacrificing enough material can be described as God." Chapter 4 of Wu Jianren's strange situation in the past ten years: I can't predict things like a God. Besides being stiff, I have to suffer a small loss. Chapter 15 of dangkouzhi: "Chen Xizhen is resourceful and resourceful, and he expects things like God." Chapter 35 of Li Baojia's the appearance of officialdom in Qing Dynasty: master he had a wide range of strategies and predicted things like God. she is known as the "smart star" in her class. I made a mistake today. not everyone can predict, so the most important thing is to be down-to-earth. it's not a good thing to anticipate things like God sometimes, he will make you become "groundless". Zhuge Liang took advantage of the east wind and defeated Cao Jun with fire attack in Chibi, creating a miracle in the history of war, in which less won more.

The origin of Idioms

Yang Wanli of Song Dynasty wrote in the epitaph of emperor jiezheng of Tixing Huiyou: "the public has profound knowledge, broad and broad mind, and talks about the number of people to be imposed

Idioms and allusions

It is said that before he died, Zhuge Liang said to his posterity, "after my death, one of you will be killed in the future. By then, you'll have demolished the house. There's a paper bag inside the wall. There's a remedy. " After Zhuge Liang died, Sima Zhao became emperor. He learned that a general in the imperial court was a descendant of Zhuge Liang, so he wanted to rule him. One day, Sima Zhao found an excuse and sentenced the general to death. At the golden hall, Sima Zhao asked, "what did your grandfather say before he died?" The general told him what Zhuge Liang said. After hearing this, Sima Zhao ordered the soldiers to tear down the house and take out the paper package. There was a letter in the paper package, which said "meet the emperor and open". The soldiers handed the letter to Sima Zhao. When Sima Zhao opened the letter, he saw that it said, "please step back three steps." Sima Zhao immediately stood up and stepped back three steps. As soon as he stood firm, he heard a "click" sound, and a jade beam fell from the roof of the house directly above the Sima Zhaolong case. Smashed the tables and chairs to pieces. Sima Zhao was scared into a cold sweat. On the other hand, I read at the back of the letter, "I save your life, please save my offspring's life." After reading this letter, I secretly admire Zhuge Liang's clever plan. Later, the general was reinstated.

Chinese PinYin : liào shì rú shén