杜漸防萌
dù​jiàn​fáng​méng

to nip in the bud

  • created sense approved 杜渐防萌/杜漸防萌 · dù​jiàn​fáng​méng · to nip in the bud — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    杜渐防萌 / 杜漸防萌

    dù​jiàn​fáng​méng

    to nip in the bud

    to put a stop to trouble while it is still in its early stages; to prevent something bad from happening by dealing with it immediately

    dù​jiān​fáng​méng

    杜 (literal) → 杜 · dù · to stop 渐 (literal) → 渐/漸 · jiàn · incipient stages 防 (literal) → 防 · fáng · to guard against 萌 (literal) → 萌 · méng · to emerge

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense