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防患未萌

fáng huàn wèi méng

4-character word

What 防患未萌 means

1. to prevent a disaster before the event (idiom); to nip sth in the bud

The characters in 防患未萌

• 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
• 萌méng(bound form) to sprout; to bud; (colloquial) cute; adorable…

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