预言家

預言家
yùyánjiā
noun #14,556

Meanings

  1. 1 prophet; seer; soothsayer

Examples

HSK 2
Méiyǒu rén shì zhēnzhèng de yùyánjiā.
No one is a true prophet.
HSK 5
Gǔdài de yùyánjiā shuō zhèlǐ huì fāshēng dàshì.
The ancient prophet said something big would happen here.

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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