4 characters Idiom and proverb 9 567

Progress in Chinese starts with characters, then words, finally idioms. Here’s a free look at 「杜漸防微」 and its explanation.

We’re presenting the idiom 「杜漸防微」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

Du: to block; Jian: refers to the beginning of things; Wei: small. Stop mistakes or bad things as soon as they appear and prevent them from developing.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

dù jiàn fáng wēi

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

dou6 jim6 fong4 mei4

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