未雨绸缪 (未雨綢繆)
wèi yǔ chóu móu
Pinyin

Definition

未雨绸缪 (未雨綢繆)
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wèi yǔ chóu móu
  1. lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經|诗经); fig. to plan ahead
  2. to prepare for a rainy day

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

下雨
xià yǔ
  1. 1 to rain
未
wèi
  1. 1 not yet
  2. 2 did not
  3. 3 have not
  4. 4 not
  5. 5 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep
  6. 6 ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
未来
wèi lái
  1. 1 future
  2. 2 tomorrow
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 approaching
  5. 5 coming
  6. 6 pending
雨
yǔ
  1. 1 rain
  2. 2 classifier: 阵 zhèn
  3. 3 classifier: 场 cháng
冒雨
mào yǔ
  1. 1 to brave the rain

Idioms (20)

一波未平，一波又起
yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ
  1. 1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
  2. 2 many twists and turns to a story
  3. 3 one thing after another
一雨成秋
yī yǔ chéng qiū
  1. 1 a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom)
乳臭未干
rǔ xiù wèi gān
  1. 1 smell of mother's milk not yet dried (idiom); immature and inexperienced
  2. 2 still wet behind the ears
干打雷，不下雨
gān dǎ léi , bù xià yǔ
  1. 1 all thunder but no rain (idiom)
  2. 2 a lot of noise but no action
兵马未动，粮草先行
bīng mǎ wèi dòng , liáng cǎo xiān xíng
  1. 1 before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers
  2. 2 an army marches on its stomach

Sample Sentences

哎哎哎，你别胡说，血口喷人啊。拿刀的又不是我，我只不过是做了最坏的打算，“未雨绸缪”而已啊。
āi āi āi ，nǐ bié húshuō ，xiěkǒu pēn rén ā 。ná dāo de yòu bú shì wǒ ，wǒ zhǐ búguò shì zuò le zuì huài de dǎsuàn ，“wèiyǔchóumóu ”éryǐ ā 。
Son: Ah, what nonsense! Don't spit your poison at me. I wasn't the one holding the knife. I just planned for the worst case scenario, just planning ahead, that's all.
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你说的是没错，但谁知道会不会用到呢？未雨绸缪才是正确的态度。
nǐ shuō de shì méicuò ，dàn shéizhīdào huì bùhuì yòngdào ne ？wèiyǔchóumóu cáishì zhèngquè de tàidu 。
You're right, but who knows if it will come in useful? Preparing for a rainy day is the right attitude.
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