防微杜渐
Traditional form:
防微杜漸
Pinyin (reading):
fángwēidùjiàn
Definitions:
- to nip in the bud (idiom)
Characters:
- 防 - to protect, to defend, to guard against
- 微 - small, tiny, trifling; micro-
- 杜 - to prevent, to restrict, to stop; surname
- 渐 - gradually
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