先覺

先觉
xiānjué
person of foresight

CEDICT

  1. person with foresight; visionary; advanced thinker
  2. to know beforehand; to have foresight

Wiktionary

  1. 事先察覺。
  2. 較常人先覺悟的人。《孟子．萬章上》：「天之生此民也，使先知覺後知，使先覺覺後覺　也。」《文選．成公綏．嘯賦》：「愍流俗之未悟，獨超然而先覺。」也作「先醒」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 先 xiān
  1. beforehand; first; earlier
  2. at first; originally
  3. for the time being; for now
  4. (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
2 覺 jué
  1. to feel
  2. to find that
  3. thinking
  4. awake
  5. aware

Containing this entry

先知先覺 xiānzhīxiānjué
  1. having foresight
  2. a person of foresight