料事如神 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to prophesy with supernatural accuracy
• to have an incredible foresight

Character by character

• 料liàoingredients, materials; to conjecture, to guess
• 事shìaffair, matter, business; to serve; accident, inci
• 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 神shéngod, spirit; divine, mysterious, supernatural

Idioms sharing a character

• 偷工减料 tōu gōng jiǎn liào
• 出乎意料 chū hū yì liào
• 出乎预料 chū hū yù liào
• 出人意料 chū rén yì liào
• 意料之外 yì liào zhī wài
• 一事无成 yī shì wú chéng
• 不明事理 bù míng shì lǐ
• 事不过三 shì bù guò sān
• 事不关己 shì bù guān jǐ
• 事倍功半 shì bèi gōng bàn

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