1. 數(shù)往知來 (shǔwǎng-zhīlái)

   1. 追溯過去,可以預(yù)測未來 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

數(shù)往知來是成語。

數(shù)往知來 (shǔ wǎng zhī lái)

1. 語本易經(jīng)．說卦：「八卦相錯(cuò)，數(shù)往者順，知來者逆?！怪父鶕?jù)已過去的事來推測，就可預(yù)知未來。

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

   近義詞: 溫故知新