防患未然
Traditional form:
防患未然
Pinyin (reading):
fánghuànwèirán
Definitions:
- to prevent troubles before the event (idiom)
- to forestall
- to nip sth in the bud
Characters:
- 防 - to protect, to defend, to guard against
- 患 - suffering; misfortune; trouble; to suffer
- 未 - not yet; 8th terrestrial branch
- 然 - certainly; naturally; suddenly
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