杜渐防微 dùjiànfángwēi to nip in the bud Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 杜渐防微 杜漸防微 dùjiànfángwēi to nip in the bud To stop a mistake or bad thing as soon as it begins to appear in order to prevent it from spreading; to take precautions against future trouble. Frequency Written text 0.007 per million Cross-References Variant of 防微杜渐 fángwēidùjiànAntonym 养痈遗患 yǎngyōngyíhuàn Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
杜渐防微 杜漸防微 dùjiànfángwēi to nip in the bud To stop a mistake or bad thing as soon as it begins to appear in order to prevent it from spreading; to take precautions against future trouble. Frequency Written text 0.007 per million Cross-References Variant of 防微杜渐 fángwēidùjiànAntonym 养痈遗患 yǎngyōngyíhuàn Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
