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防患未然
fáng​huàn​wèi​rán

forestall

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
防患未然 fáng​huàn​wèi​rán
forestall idiom
to take preventive measures against possible trouble before it occurs; to nip something in the bud

Frequency

Written text
0.198 per million

Cross-References

Referenced by

  • 防患于未然 fáng​huàn​yú​wèi​rán

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)