边防 (邊防)
biān fáng
Pinyin

Definition

边防 (邊防)
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biān fáng
  1. frontier defense

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

防
fáng
  1. 1 to protect
  2. 2 to defend
  3. 3 to guard against
  4. 4 to prevent
防守
fáng shǒu
  1. 1 to defend
  2. 2 to protect (against)
防晒
fáng shài
  1. 1 sunburn protection
防止
fáng zhǐ
  1. 1 to prevent
  2. 2 to guard against
  3. 3 to take precautions
防水
fáng shuǐ
  1. 1 waterproof

Idioms (8)

以防万一
yǐ fáng wàn yī
  1. 1 to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case
  2. 2 prepared for any eventualities
俭以防匮
jiǎn yǐ fáng kuì
  1. 1 frugality in order to prevent destitution (idiom)
明枪好躲，暗箭难防
míng qiāng hǎo duǒ , àn jiàn nán fáng
  1. 1 lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
明枪易躲，暗箭难防
míng qiāng yì duǒ , àn jiàn nán fáng
  1. 1 lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
防不胜防
fáng bù shèng fáng
  1. 1 you can't guard against it (idiom)
  2. 2 impossible to defend effectively
  3. 3 not much one can do about it
  4. 4 It can't be prevented.

Sample Sentences

你这样做，说白了就是想绕过广东的海关口岸，把鸡翅走私进内地呗！别怪哥们儿没提醒你，现在平均一个月有好几十起查缴非法走私禽肉的案子。上回一个人把鸡翅用铁板封在集装箱夹层里，也没逃过边防警犬的鼻子。
nǐ zhèyàng zuò ，shuō bái le jiùshì xiǎng rǎoguò Guǎngdōng de hǎiguān kǒuàn ，bǎ jīchì zǒusī jìn nèidì bēi ！bié guài gēmenr méi tíxǐng nǐ ，xiànzài píngjūn yī ge yuè yǒu hǎojǐshí qǐ chájiǎo fēifǎ zǒusī qínròu de ànzi 。shànghuí yī ge rén bǎ jīchì yòng tiěbǎn fēng zài jízhuāngxiāng jiācéng lǐ ，yě méi táoguò biānfáng jǐngquǎn de bízi 。
Frankly, the way you're doing it, you really just want to get around Guangdong customs, and smuggle the chicken wings into the mainland! Can't blame your buddies for not reminding you, but lately, every month there's an average of a few dozen cases of people getting caught for smuggling poultry products. There was just a guy who tried to smuggle chicken wings in a false bottom in a shipping container. In the end, he couldn't get past the border police dogs' noses!
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