未卜先知

kě xī wǒ men bù kě yǐ wèi bǔ xiān zhī

可惜我们不可以未卜先知。

The pity is that we are not prophets.

jiù suàn méi yǒu wèi bǔ xiān zhī de néng lì yě néng liào dào zhàn zhēng huì chí xù xia qu

就算没有未卜先知的能力也能料到战争会持续下去。

You did not have to be a clairvoyant to see that the war would go on.