数往知来

1. 数往知来 (shǔwǎng-zhīlái)

   1. 追溯过去,可以预测未来 deduce what likely to happen in the future by reviewing what has taken place in the past;know the future by thinking of the past

数往知来是成语。

數往知來 (shǔ wǎng zhī lái)

1. 語本易經．說卦：「八卦相錯，數往者順，知來者逆。」指根據已過去的事來推測，就可預知未來。

   • 明．陸容．菽園雜記．卷一：「洪武中，朝廷訪求通曉歷數，數往知來，試無不驗者，必封侯，食祿千五百石。」

   近义词: 溫故知新