防患未萌
fáng huàn wèi méng
Pinyin
Definition
防患未萌
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- to prevent a disaster before the event (idiom); to nip sth in the bud
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 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°
- 1 packed with people
- 2 overcrowded
- 3 overpopulation
- 1 unprecedented
- 1 national defense
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
不患寡而患不均
- 1 do not worry about scarcity, but rather about uneven distribution (idiom, from Analects)
乳臭未干
- 1 smell of mother's milk not yet dried (idiom); immature and inexperienced
- 2 still wet behind the ears
以防万一
- 1 to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case
- 2 prepared for any eventualities
俭以防匮
- 1 frugality in order to prevent destitution (idiom)