防微杜漸
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Chinese[edit]
to protect; to defend; to guard (against) | tiny; minute; clandestine tiny; minute; clandestine; hide; elegant; exquisite |
fabricate; restrict; to prevent | gradual; gradually; imbue | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
trad. (防微杜漸) | 防 | 微 | 杜 | 漸 | |
simp. (防微杜渐) | 防 | 微 | 杜 | 渐 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
防微杜漸
- to nip in the bud; to put an end to a bad thing or mistake when it germinates
Categories:
- Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations
- Chinese lemmas
- Mandarin lemmas
- Cantonese lemmas
- Hokkien lemmas
- Chinese four-character idioms
- Mandarin four-character idioms
- Cantonese four-character idioms
- Hokkien four-character idioms
- Chinese idioms
- Mandarin idioms
- Cantonese idioms
- Hokkien idioms
- Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation