bù​pà​yī​wàn​jiù​pà​wàn​yī

better safe than sorry

Senses

不怕一万,就怕万一/ 不怕一萬,就怕萬一 bù​pà​yī​wàn​jiù​pà​wàn​yī (also bú​pà​yí​wàn​jiù​pà​wàn​yī) better safe than sorry

It is better to be safe than sorry; to be prepared for the unlikely event that something goes wrong. Literally "not afraid of the ten thousand normal cases, but afraid of the one-in-ten-thousand chance."

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