防微杜渐 (防微杜漸)
fáng wēi dù jiàn
Pinyin

Definition

防微杜渐 (防微杜漸)
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fáng wēi dù jiàn
  1. to nip in the bud (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

微
Wēi
  1. 1 surname Wei
  2. 2 ancient Chinese state near present day Chongqing
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [Wéi]
卑微
bēi wēi
  1. 1 lowly
  2. 2 humble
微信
Wēi xìn
  1. 1 Weixin or WeChat (mobile text and voice messaging service developed by Tencent 騰訊|腾讯[Téng xùn])
微博
wēi bó
  1. 1 microblogging
  2. 2 microblog
微博客
wēi bó kè
  1. 1 microblogging
  2. 2 microblog

Idioms (20)

人微言轻
rén wēi yán qīng
  1. 1 (idiom) what lowly people think counts for little
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)
家世寒微
jiā shì hán wēi
  1. 1 to be of humble origin (idiom)
察微知著
chá wēi zhī zhù
  1. 1 to examine tiny clues to know general trends (idiom)
  2. 2 to deduce the whole story from small traces