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We’re sharing free Chinese learning content with you. Idioms and proverbs, full of meaning, are explored in this series. Today, we present 「防不勝防」.

Learn about the idiom 「防不勝防」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.

Prevent: to be on guard; win: to do everything. Describes being unable to guard against something.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

fáng bù shèng fáng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

fong4 bat1 sing1 fong4

The collection of Chinese idioms is enormous, with each one holding its own meaning and purpose. We hope these resources can assist you in better understanding and learning Chinese.