预言家

預言家
yùyánjiā
noun #14,556

Meanings

  1. 1 prophet; seer; soothsayer

Examples

Gǔdài de yùyánjiā shuō zhèlǐ huì fāshēng dàshì.
The ancient prophet said something big would happen here.
Méiyǒu rén shì zhēnzhèng de yùyánjiā.
No one is a true prophet.

Tips

culture
In the Chinese Harry Potter translations, the newspaper 'The Daily Prophet' is called 预言家日报 (Yùyánjiā Rìbào). The Divination professor is a 预言家, and the concept maps well onto Chinese fortune-telling traditions.

Stroke Order

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