4 characters Idiom and proverb 5 307

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We’re presenting the idiom 「以防萬一」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

Just in case: unexpected changes. To prepare for the unforeseen.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yǐ fáng wàn yī

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yi5 fong4 maan6 yat1

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