防不胜防 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• virtually impossible to prevent

Character by character

• 防fángto protect, to defend, to guard against
• 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
• 胜shèngvictory; to excel, to truimph
• 防fángto protect, to defend, to guard against

Idioms sharing a character

• 以防万一 yǐ fáng wàn yī
• 防微杜渐 fáng wēi dù jiàn
• 防患未然 fáng huàn wèi rán
• 防患未萌 fáng huàn wèi méng
• 一丁不识 yī dīng bù shí
• 一尘不染 yī chén bù rǎn
• 一字不差 yī zì bù chà
• 一字不提 yī zì bù tí
• 一成不变 yī chéng bù biàn
• 一文不值 yī wén bù zhí

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