防患未萌
防患未萌
fáng huàn wèi méng
to prevent a disaster before the event (idiom); to nip sth in the bud
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- (verb, idiom) to prevent a disaster before the event (idiom); to nip sth in the bud
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Related Words
破财免灾(pò cái miǎn zāi)· a financial loss may prevent disaster (idiom)
→防患未然(fáng huàn wèi rán)· to prevent troubles before the event (idiom)
→一如既往(yī rú jì wǎng)· just as in the past (idiom); as before
→一波未平，一波又起(yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ)· before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
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