防微杜漸

Chinese

		to protect; to defend; to guard (against)	tiny; minute; clandestine tiny; minute; clandestine; hide; elegant; exquisite	fabricate; restrict; to prevent	gradual; gradually; imbue
trad. (防微杜漸)		防	微	杜	漸
simp. (防微杜渐)		防	微	杜	渐

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fángwēidùjiàn, fángwéidùjiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˊ ㄨㄟㄉㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ, ㄈㄤˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fong⁴ mei⁴ dou⁶ zim⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hông-bî-tō͘-chiām

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fángwēidùjiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˊ ㄨㄟㄉㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fángweidùjiàn
  - Wade–Giles: fang²-wei¹-tu⁴-chien⁴
  - Yale: fáng-wēi-dù-jyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farngueiduhjiann
  - Palladius: фанвэйдуцзянь (fanvɛjduczjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ³⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵ tu⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fángwéidùjiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fángwéidùjiàn
  - Wade–Giles: fang²-wei²-tu⁴-chien⁴
  - Yale: fáng-wéi-dù-jyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farngweiduhjiann
  - Palladius: фанвэйдуцзянь (fanvɛjduczjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ tu⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fong⁴ mei⁴ dou⁶ zim⁶
  - Yale: fòhng mèih douh jihm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fong⁴ mei⁴ dou⁶ dzim⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: fong⁴ méi⁴ dou⁶ jim⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ²¹ mei̯²¹ tou̯²² t͡siːm²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-bî-tō͘-chiām
  - Tâi-lô: hông-bî-tōo-tsiām
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hongbi'doxciam
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² bi²⁴⁻²² tɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡siam²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² bi²⁴⁻²² tɔ⁴¹⁻²² t͡siam⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³⁻²² bi¹³⁻²² tɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡siam²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ bi²⁴⁻¹¹ tɔ³³⁻¹¹ t͡siam³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³⁻³³ bi²³⁻³³ tɔ³³⁻²¹ t͡siam³³/

Idiom

防微杜漸

to nip in the bud; to put an end to a bad thing or mistake when it germinates