防患未然
fáng huàn wèi rán
Pinyin

Definition

防患未然
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fáng huàn wèi rán
  1. to prevent troubles before the event (idiom)
  2. to forestall
  3. to nip sth in the bud

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

bù rán
  1. 1 not so
  2. 2 no
  3. 3 or else
  4. 4 otherwise
  5. 5 if not
  6. 6 How about ...?
yī rán
  1. 1 still
  2. 2 as before
jū rán
  1. 1 unexpectedly
  2. 2 to one's surprise
  3. 3 go so far as to
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°
wèi lái
  1. 1 future
  2. 2 tomorrow
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 approaching
  5. 5 coming
  6. 6 pending

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
一目了然
yī mù liǎo rán
  1. 1 obvious at a glance (idiom)
一目了然
yī mù liǎo rán
  1. 1 obvious at a glance (idiom)
不以为然
bù yǐ wéi rán
  1. 1 not to accept as correct (idiom); to object
  2. 2 to disapprove
  3. 3 to take exception to
不患寡而患不均
bù huàn guǎ ér huàn bù jūn
  1. 1 do not worry about scarcity, but rather about uneven distribution (idiom, from Analects)