防患未萌 — Chinese idiom
防患未萌
fáng huàn wèi méng
Meaning
- to prevent a disaster before the event ; to nip sth in the bud
Character by character
- 防fángto protect, to defend, to guard against
- 患huànsuffering; misfortune; trouble; to suffer
- 未wèinot yet; 8th terrestrial branch
- 萌méngbud, germ, sprout; to bud
Idioms sharing a character
- 以防万一 yǐ fáng wàn yī
- 防不胜防 fáng bù shèng fáng
- 防微杜渐 fáng wēi dù jiàn
- 防患未然 fáng huàn wèi rán
- 内忧外患 nèi yōu wài huàn
- 后患无穷 hòu huàn wú qióng
- 心腹之患 xīn fù zhī huàn
- 患难之交 huàn nàn zhī jiāo
- 有备无患 yǒu bèi wú huàn
- 养痈遗患 yǎng yōng yí huàn
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