Deduce what is likely to happen in the future by reviewing what has taken place in the past. This idiom means to understand the present and predict the future by learning from past events.
数往知来 (shǔ wǎng zhī lái) 指明了过去的事情，就能推知未来的发展。
| 成语 | 数往知来 |
|---|---|
| 解释 | 数：计算；往：过去；来：未来。明了过去，可以推知未来。 |
| 出处 | 《易·说卦》：“数往者顺，知来者逆。” |
| 拼音 | shǔ wǎng zhī lái |
| 拼音码 | swzl |
| 用法 | 联合式；作谓语、定语；指知道前事，可以推知未来 |
| 英语 | deduce what likely to happen in the future by reviewing what has taken place in the past |
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