直觉 (zhí jué) — intuition
Definition
直觉 is a felt sense or 'gut feeling' about what is right or likely, drawn from experience rather than evidence. Unlike 本能 (a fixed biological instinct) or 预感 (a premonition about a specific future event), 直觉 is a broader, reasoning-adjacent judgment.
noun
intuition
Examples
- 直觉，。Bàn àn bù néng zhī kào zhí jué, hái xū yào zhèng jù.Solving a case cannot rely only on intuition; evidence is also needed.
- 直觉。Tā de zhí jué gào sù tā zhè jiàn shì méi nà me jiǎn dān.His intuition told him this matter wasn't that simple.
- ，，直觉。Zuò jué dìng shí, wǒ zǒng shì yí bàn kào fēn xī, yí bàn kào zhí jué.When making decisions, I always rely half on analysis and half on intuition.
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