防患未然

Chinese

			to be as yet unfulfilled
trad. (防患未然)		防患	未然
simp. ^#(防患未然)		防患	未然

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fánghuànwèirán

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄨㄟˋ ㄖㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fong⁴ waan⁶ mei⁶ jin⁴
Min Nan (POJ): hông-hoān-bī-liân / hông-hoān-bī-jiân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fánghuànwèirán
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄨㄟˋ ㄖㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fánghuànwèirán
  - Wade–Giles: fang²-huan⁴-wei⁴-jan²
  - Yale: fáng-hwàn-wèi-rán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farnghuannweyran
  - Palladius: фанхуаньвэйжань (fanxuanʹvɛjžanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ³⁵ xu̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fong⁴ waan⁶ mei⁶ jin⁴
  - Yale: fòhng waahn meih yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fong⁴ waan⁶ mei⁶ jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fong⁴ wan⁶ méi⁶ yin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ²¹ waːn²² mei̯²² jiːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-hoān-bī-liân
  - Tâi-lô: hông-huān-bī-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: honghoaxnbixlieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² huan²²⁻²¹ bi²²⁻²¹ liɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-hoān-bī-jiân
  - Tâi-lô: hông-huān-bī-jiân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: honghoaxnbixjieen
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³⁻³³ huan³³⁻²¹ bi³³⁻²¹ ʑiɛn²³/

Idiom

防患未然

to take preventative measures before a disaster occurs; to prevent trouble before it happens

Synonyms

防患於未然／防患于未然 (fánghuàn yú wèirán)

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