"未雨綢繆" meaning in All languages combined

See 未雨綢繆 on Wiktionary

Phrase [Chinese]

IPA: /weɪ̯⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵ moʊ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /mei̯²² jyː¹³ t͡sʰɐu̯²¹ mɐu̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /weɪ̯⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵ moʊ̯³⁵/, /mei̯²² jyː¹³ t͡sʰɐu̯²¹ mɐu̯²¹/ Chinese transliterations: wèiyǔchóumóu [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨㄟˋ ㄩˇ ㄔㄡˊ ㄇㄡˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], mei⁶ jyu⁵ cau⁴ mau⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], wèiyǔchóumóu [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], wèiyǔchóumóu [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], wei⁴-yü³-chʻou²-mou² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], wèi-yǔ-chóu-móu [Mandarin, Yale], weyyeuchourmou [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], вэйюйчоумоу [Mandarin, Palladius], vɛjjujčoumou [Mandarin, Palladius], meih yúh chàuh màuh [Cantonese, Yale], mei⁶ jy⁵ tsau⁴ mau⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], méi⁶ yu⁵ ceo⁴ meo⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 未雨绸缪
Etymology: From the Classic of Poetry, poem 155 (《詩經·豳風·鴟鴞》) Etymology templates: {{lang|zh|(《詩經·豳風·鴟鴞》)}} (《詩經·豳風·鴟鴞》) Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 未雨綢繆
  1. (figurative) to plan ahead; to prepare before it is too late; to take precautions Wikipedia link: Classic of Poetry Tags: figuratively, idiomatic

Phrase [Japanese]

Forms: 未雨綢繆 [canonical] (ruby: (), (), (ちゅう), (びゅう)), miuchūbyū [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|idiom|みうちゅうびゅう}} 未(み)雨(う)綢(ちゅう)繆(びゅう) • (miuchūbyū)
  1. to prepare before it is too late Tags: idiomatic
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      "roman": "línkějuéjǐng",
      "word": "臨渴掘井"
    },
    {
      "roman": "línkějuéjǐng",
      "word": "临渴掘井"
    }
  ],
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            "2": "未雨綢繆"
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          "args": {
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        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "未%雨%綢%繆",
            "2": "み%う%ちゅう%びゅう",
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          "name": "ja-r"
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          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
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            "3": "",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
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            "t": "",
            "t2": "",
            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
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          "name": "desc"
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            "5": "",
            "6": "",
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            "j3": "",
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            "j4t": "",
            "jdesc": "",
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            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
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            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
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            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
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            "o4t": "",
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            "s": "未%雨%綢%繆",
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            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
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        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "迨天之未陰雨,徹彼桑土,綢繆牖戶。",
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      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "迨天之未阴雨,彻彼桑土,绸缪牖户。",
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    }
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  "literal_meaning": "before it rains, bind around with silk",
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          "roman": "Wèiyǔchóumóu cái néng línwēibùluàn.",
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          ],
          "text": "未雨綢繆才能臨危不亂。",
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            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Zhu Yongchun, Zhu Zi's Family Maxims, 17ᵗʰ century CE",
          "roman": "Yí wèi yǔ ér chóumóu, wú lín kě ér jué jǐng.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
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          "text": "宜未雨而綢繆,毋臨渴而掘井。",
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          "roman": "Yí wèi yǔ ér chóumóu, wú lín kě ér jué jǐng.",
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            "Pinyin"
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          "text": "宜未雨而绸缪,毋临渴而掘井。",
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          "ahead",
          "ahead"
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          "prepare",
          "prepare"
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          "late",
          "late"
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          "precaution",
          "precaution"
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        "(figurative) to plan ahead; to prepare before it is too late; to take precautions"
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
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        "Classic of Poetry"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wèiyǔchóumóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˋ ㄩˇ ㄔㄡˊ ㄇㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁶ jyu⁵ cau⁴ mau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wèiyǔchóumóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wèiyǔchóumóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei⁴-yü³-chʻou²-mou²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wèi-yǔ-chóu-móu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "weyyeuchourmou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "вэйюйчоумоу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vɛjjujčoumou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵ moʊ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "meih yúh chàuh màuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁶ jy⁵ tsau⁴ mau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "méi⁶ yu⁵ ceo⁴ meo⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mei̯²² jyː¹³ t͡sʰɐu̯²¹ mɐu̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵ moʊ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mei̯²² jyː¹³ t͡sʰɐu̯²¹ mɐu̯²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "未雨綢繆"
}

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    {
      "roman": "rinkatsukussei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "臨",
          "りん"
        ],
        [
          "渇",
          "かつ"
        ],
        [
          "掘",
          "くっ"
        ],
        [
          "井",
          "せい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "臨渇掘井"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "未雨綢繆",
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        [
          "未",
          "み"
        ],
        [
          "雨",
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        ],
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          "ちゅう"
        ],
        [
          "繆",
          "びゅう"
        ]
      ],
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      "roman": "línkějuéjǐng",
      "word": "臨渴掘井"
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      "roman": "línkějuéjǐng",
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            "5": "",
            "6": "",
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            "jje3t": "",
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            "k3": "",
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            "kt": "",
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          "args": {
            "1": "",
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            "j": "未%雨%綢%繆"
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (未雨綢繆):\n* → Japanese: 未(み)雨(う)綢(ちゅう)繆(びゅう) (miuchūbyū)\n* → Korean: 미우주무(未雨綢繆) (miujumu)",
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      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (未雨綢繆):\n* → Japanese: 未(み)雨(う)綢(ちゅう)繆(びゅう) (miuchūbyū)\n* → Korean: 미우주무(未雨綢繆) (miujumu)"
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      "english": "Before the sky was dark with rain,\nI gathered the roots of the mulberry tree,\nAnd bound round and round my window and door.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pre-Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
      "roman": "Dài tiān zhī wèi yīnyǔ, chè bǐ sāngdù, chóumóu yǒuhù.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "迨天之未陰雨,徹彼桑土,綢繆牖戶。",
      "type": "quote"
    },
    {
      "english": "Before the sky was dark with rain,\nI gathered the roots of the mulberry tree,\nAnd bound round and round my window and door.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pre-Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
      "roman": "Dài tiān zhī wèi yīnyǔ, chè bǐ sāngdù, chóumóu yǒuhù.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "迨天之未阴雨,彻彼桑土,绸缪牖户。",
      "type": "quote"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "(《詩經·豳風·鴟鴞》)"
      },
      "expansion": "(《詩經·豳風·鴟鴞》)",
      "name": "lang"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the Classic of Poetry, poem 155 (《詩經·豳風·鴟鴞》)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "未雨绸缪",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "未雨綢繆",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "before it rains, bind around with silk",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese chengyu derived from the Classic of Poetry",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 未",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 綢",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 繆",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 雨",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Only by taking precautions can you remain calm in the face of danger.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Wèiyǔchóumóu cái néng línwēibùluàn.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "未雨綢繆才能臨危不亂。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Only by taking precautions can you remain calm in the face of danger.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Wèiyǔchóumóu cái néng línwēibùluàn.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "未雨绸缪才能临危不乱。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "One should, when it is not yet raining, bind tightly the window. One should not wait until one is thirsty to dig a well.\ni.e. One should prepare before it is too late.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Literary Chinese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Zhu Yongchun, Zhu Zi's Family Maxims, 17ᵗʰ century CE",
          "roman": "Yí wèi yǔ ér chóumóu, wú lín kě ér jué jǐng.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "宜未雨而綢繆,毋臨渴而掘井。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "One should, when it is not yet raining, bind tightly the window. One should not wait until one is thirsty to dig a well.\ni.e. One should prepare before it is too late.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Literary Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Zhu Yongchun, Zhu Zi's Family Maxims, 17ᵗʰ century CE",
          "roman": "Yí wèi yǔ ér chóumóu, wú lín kě ér jué jǐng.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "宜未雨而绸缪,毋临渴而掘井。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to plan ahead; to prepare before it is too late; to take precautions"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "plan",
          "plan"
        ],
        [
          "ahead",
          "ahead"
        ],
        [
          "prepare",
          "prepare"
        ],
        [
          "late",
          "late"
        ],
        [
          "precaution",
          "precaution"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to plan ahead; to prepare before it is too late; to take precautions"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Classic of Poetry"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wèiyǔchóumóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˋ ㄩˇ ㄔㄡˊ ㄇㄡˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁶ jyu⁵ cau⁴ mau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wèiyǔchóumóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wèiyǔchóumóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei⁴-yü³-chʻou²-mou²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wèi-yǔ-chóu-móu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "weyyeuchourmou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "вэйюйчоумоу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vɛjjujčoumou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵ moʊ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "meih yúh chàuh màuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mei⁶ jy⁵ tsau⁴ mau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "méi⁶ yu⁵ ceo⁴ meo⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mei̯²² jyː¹³ t͡sʰɐu̯²¹ mɐu̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵ moʊ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mei̯²² jyː¹³ t͡sʰɐu̯²¹ mɐu̯²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "未雨綢繆"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "rinkatsukussei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "臨",
          "りん"
        ],
        [
          "渇",
          "かつ"
        ],
        [
          "掘",
          "くっ"
        ],
        [
          "井",
          "せい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "臨渇掘井"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "未雨綢繆",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "未",
          "み"
        ],
        [
          "雨",
          "う"
        ],
        [
          "綢",
          "ちゅう"
        ],
        [
          "繆",
          "びゅう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "miuchūbyū",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "idiom",
        "2": "みうちゅうびゅう"
      },
      "expansion": "未(み)雨(う)綢(ちゅう)繆(びゅう) • (miuchūbyū)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese idioms",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with hyōgai kanji",
        "Japanese terms with 4 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese yojijukugo",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to prepare before it is too late"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "未雨綢繆"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 未雨綢繆 meaning in All languages combined (8.4kB)

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