防患未萌 fáng huàn wèi méng

prevent trouble before it starts

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
防 fáng HSK 5
to prevent; to protect; to defend
患 huàn HSK 6
to suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); worry
未 wèi HSK 5
not yet; not; have not
萌 méng HSK 6
cute; adorable; to sprout; to bud