Read Edit View history 防患未然 fánghuànwèirán forestall Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 防患未然 fánghuànwèirán 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 fánghuànyúwèirán Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
防患未然 fánghuànwèirán 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 fánghuànyúwèirán Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)