防微杜渐 (fáng wēi dù jiàn) — to nip in the bud (idiom) · Chinese · Nantoka

fáng wēi dù jiàn

Traditional: 防微杜漸

防微杜渐 (fáng wēi dù jiàn) is a Chinese word meaning “to nip in the bud (idiom)”.

Meanings

1to nip in the bud (idiom)

Characters in 防微杜渐

防fáng · to protect 微wēi · tiny 杜dù · birchleaf pear (tree)渐jiān · to imbue

Related words

微笑smile 稍微a little bit 防to protect 消防firefighting 杜birchleaf pear (tree)杜surname Du 防守to defend 防止to prevent 以防万一to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case 防御defense 逐渐gradually 微tiny

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