<p>The word for intuition or gut feeling is usually just rendered:</p>

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  <p>直觉</p>
</blockquote>

<p>New Century English-Chinese also defines <strong>gut feeling</strong>:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>NOUN<br>
  直觉(相对于基于事实的观点)</p>
</blockquote>

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2020-01-16T05:06:29.790Z
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Mou某
<p>成语 along those lines from <a href="https://zhidao.baidu.com/question/588778223066711765.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Baidu</a>:</p>

<p>料事如神, 先见之明, 不出所料, 未卜先知</p>

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Pedroski
<p>Maybe 预感? Google translates it as "hunch".</p>

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obe
<p>Is there a metaphor or idiom that has a similar meaning to "gut feeling", as a metaphor for "intuition" or "instinctive feeling", in Mandarin Chinese?</p>

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Is there an expression similar to the English "gut feeling" in Chinese?
# Is there an expression similar to the English "gut feeling" in Chinese?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-01-15)

Is there a metaphor or idiom that has a similar meaning to "gut feeling", as a metaphor for "intuition" or "instinctive feeling", in Mandarin Chinese?

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-01-16. Score: 5

The word for intuition or gut feeling is usually just rendered:

> 直觉

New Century English-Chinese also defines **gut feeling**:

> NOUN  
> 直觉(相对于基于事实的观点)


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### Answer by username_2 on 2020-01-16. Score: 1

成语 along those lines from [Baidu](https://zhidao.baidu.com/question/588778223066711765.html):

料事如神, 先见之明, 不出所料, 未卜先知


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### Answer by username_3 on 2020-01-20. Score: 1

Maybe 预感? Google translates it as "hunch".


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