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未雨綢繆 (未雨绸缪)

wèi yǔ chóu móu

Definition

  1. (lit.) before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經|诗经); fig. to plan ahead
  2. to prepare for a rainy day

Character Decomposition

未
=
木
+
一
雨
=
帀
+
？
綢
=
糹
+
周
繆
=
糹
+
翏

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