[yù zhào]
omen; presage; sign; harbinger; foretaste; foregleam; foreshadow; a straw in the wind
Summer styles are often a foretaste of autumn fashion.
夏装的款式常常是秋装的预兆。
The press saw the event as a straw in the wind that augured the resumption of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
报界把这件事看作是两国之间即将恢复邦交的预兆。