防微杜渐 — Chinese idiom
防微杜渐
fáng wēi dù jiàn
Traditional: 防微杜漸
Meaning
- to nip in the bud
Character by character
- 防fángto protect, to defend, to guard against
- 微wēismall, tiny, trifling; micro-
- 杜dùto prevent, to restrict, to stop; surname
- 渐jiàngradually
Idioms sharing a character
- 以防万一 yǐ fáng wàn yī
- 防不胜防 fáng bù shèng fáng
- 防患未然 fáng huàn wèi rán
- 防患未萌 fáng huàn wèi méng
- 人微言轻 rén wēi yán qīng
- 微不足道 wēi bù zú dào
- 微乎其微 wēi hū qí wēi
- 微言大义 wēi yán dà yì
- 渺乎其微 miǎo hū qí wēi
- 无微不至 wú wēi bù zhì
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