bù​pà​yī​wàn​jiù​pà​wàn​yī

better safe than sorry

  1. adverb
    not
    Negative adverb used before verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs to indicate negation; also used as a bound-form prefix to form terms with opposite meanings
  2. verb
    to fear
    to be afraid; to dread; to be scared of something
  3. numeral
    one
    one; the number 1; single; alone
  4. wàn numeral
    ten thousand
    the number 10,000
  5. jiù
    non-Chinese
  6. jiù adverb
    then
    Used to express a logical consequence or the next step in a sequence, meaning "then" or "in that case".
  7. verb
    to worry
    to worry; to be anxious that something might happen
  8. just in case
    Used to express a low-probability event or hypothesis, usually for something undesirable; in the unlikely event that; if by any chance.