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防患未然

fáng huàn wèi rán

4-character word

What 防患未然 means

1. to prevent troubles before the event (idiom)
2. to forestall
3. to nip sth in the bud

The characters in 防患未然

• 防fángto protect; to defend; to guard against
• 患huànto suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); misfortune
• 未wèinot yet; did not; have not
• 然ráncorrect; right; so

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