防患未然
fáng huàn wèi rán
Pinyin
Definition
防患未然
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- to prevent troubles before the event (idiom)
- to forestall
- to nip sth in the bud
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 not so
- 2 no
- 3 or else
- 4 otherwise
- 5 if not
- 6 How about ...?
- 1 still
- 2 as before
- 1 unexpectedly
- 2 to one's surprise
- 3 go so far as to
- 1 not yet
- 2 did not
- 3 have not
- 4 not
- 5 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep
- 6 ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
Idioms (20)
一波未平,一波又起
- 1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
- 2 many twists and turns to a story
- 3 one thing after another
一目了然
- 1 obvious at a glance (idiom)
一目了然
- 1 obvious at a glance (idiom)
不以为然
- 1 not to accept as correct (idiom); to object
- 2 to disapprove
- 3 to take exception to
不患寡而患不均
- 1 do not worry about scarcity, but rather about uneven distribution (idiom, from Analects)