WordTaiwan frequency #24,418
未雨綢繆
ㄨㄟˋ ㄩˇ ㄔㄡˊ ㄇㄡˊ
“to prepare in advance; to take precautions before trouble arises”
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未
ㄨㄟˋ
Not yet; have not; did not; no; the eighth of the twelve Earthly Branches, representing 1-3 p.m. or the sixth solar month; a surname.
雨
ㄩˇ
Rain; to rain; to fall or precipitate; to wet; to moisten or irrigate; (literary) friend.
綢
ㄔㄡˊ
Silk fabric, especially satin; to bind or tie up (less common).
繆
ㄇㄡˊ
A surname; variant of 謬 meaning error or wrong; used in 綢繆 meaning to bind or prepare; also means to bind or wind around.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 未來ㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄞˊthe time yet to come; the future; tomorrow; approaching; coming; pending
- 尚未ㄕㄤˋ ㄨㄟˋnot yet; still not; used to indicate that something has not happened or been done up to the present time
- 從未ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄨㄟˋnever; at no time; not once.
- 未必ㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄧˋnot necessarily; maybe not; not always the case; not definitely
- 未曾ㄨㄟˋ ㄘㄥˊnot ever; never (at any time); has not; have not
- 大雨ㄉㄚˋ ㄩˇheavy rain; intense rainfall; a downpour
- 下雨ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄩˇto rain; precipitation falling from clouds; water droplets falling from the sky
- 雨水ㄩˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇrainwater; rainfall; rain; (in the traditional Chinese calendar) Yushui, the second solar term, around February 19–March 5.
- 風雨ㄈㄥ ㄩˇwind and rain; the elements; (fig.) trials and hardships; (archaic) title of a poem in the Book of Songs
- 未料ㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋto not anticipate; to not expect; unanticipated; unexpected
- 降雨ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄩˇrainfall; precipitation; the falling of rain; in meteorology, classified by duration into types such as rain, occasional rain, or brief rain.
- 豪雨ㄏㄠˊ ㄩˇviolent rain; cloudburst; torrential downpour, especially during monsoon or typhoon season