"未雨綢繆" meaning in Chinese

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "línkějuéjǐng",
      "word": "臨渴掘井"
    },
    {
      "roman": "línkějuéjǐng",
      "word": "临渴掘井"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "未雨綢繆"
          },
          "expansion": "未雨綢繆",
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        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "未%雨%綢%繆",
            "2": "み%う%ちゅう%びゅう",
            "gloss": ""
          },
          "expansion": "未(み)雨(う)綢(ちゅう)繆(びゅう) (miuchūbyū)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "미우주무(未雨綢繆)",
            "3": "",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "",
            "t2": "",
            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 미우주무(未雨綢繆) (miujumu)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "未雨綢繆",
            "2": "み%う%ちゅう%びゅう",
            "3": "미우주무",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
            "h": "未雨綢繆",
            "j2": "",
            "j2t": "",
            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
            "j4t": "",
            "jdesc": "",
            "jje2": "",
            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
            "o": "未雨綢繆",
            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "未%雨%綢%繆",
            "v": "未雨綢繆",
            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
          "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)",
          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "み%う%ちゅう%びゅう",
            "3": "미우주무",
            "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)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "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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        "2": "(《詩經·豳風·鴟鴞》)"
      },
      "expansion": "(《詩經·豳風·鴟鴞》)",
      "name": "lang"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "迨 天 之 @未 陰雨，徹 彼 桑土{dù}，@綢繆{móu} 牖戶。",
        "2": "Before the sky was dark with rain,\nI gathered the roots of the mulberry tree,\nAnd bound round and round my window and door.",
        "collapsed": "y",
        "ref": "Shijing"
      },
      "expansion": "迨天之未陰雨，徹彼桑土，綢繆牖戶。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]迨天之未阴雨，彻彼桑土，绸缪牖户。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version\nDài tiān zhī wèi yīnyǔ, chè bǐ sāngdù, chóumóu yǒuhù. [Pinyin]\nBefore the sky was dark with rain,\nI gathered the roots of the mulberry tree,\nAnd bound round and round my window and door.",
      "name": "zh-x"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the Classic of Poetry, poem 155 (《詩經·豳風·鴟鴞》):\n:\n迨天之未陰雨，徹彼桑土，綢繆牖戶。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]迨天之未阴雨，彻彼桑土，绸缪牖户。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version\nDài tiān zhī wèi yīnyǔ, chè bǐ sāngdù, chóumóu yǒuhù. [Pinyin]\nBefore the sky was dark with rain,\nI gathered the roots of the mulberry tree,\nAnd bound round and round my window and door.",
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      "args": {
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        "2": "idiom"
      },
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  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
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          "kind": "other",
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        },
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Only by taking precautions can you remain calm in the face of danger.",
          "ref": "未雨綢繆才能臨危不亂。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "未雨绸缪才能临危不乱。 [MSC, simp.]\nWèiyǔchóumóu cái néng línwēibùluàn. [Pinyin]",
          "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.",
          "ref": "宜未雨而綢繆，毋臨渴而掘井。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "宜未雨而绸缪，毋临渴而掘井。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Zhu Yongchun, Zhu Zi's Family Maxims, 17ᵗʰ century CE\nYí wèi yǔ ér chóumóu, wú lín kě ér jué jǐng. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to plan ahead; to prepare before it is too late; to take precautions"
      ],
      "id": "en-未雨綢繆-zh-phrase-ENQITS1h",
      "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": "línkějuéjǐng",
      "word": "臨渴掘井"
    },
    {
      "roman": "línkějuéjǐng",
      "word": "临渴掘井"
    }
  ],
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            "1": "zh",
            "2": "未雨綢繆"
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          "expansion": "未雨綢繆",
          "name": "lang"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "未%雨%綢%繆",
            "2": "み%う%ちゅう%びゅう",
            "gloss": ""
          },
          "expansion": "未(み)雨(う)綢(ちゅう)繆(びゅう) (miuchūbyū)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "미우주무(未雨綢繆)",
            "3": "",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "",
            "t2": "",
            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 미우주무(未雨綢繆) (miujumu)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "未雨綢繆",
            "2": "み%う%ちゅう%びゅう",
            "3": "미우주무",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
            "h": "未雨綢繆",
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            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
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            "jje4": "",
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            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
            "o": "未雨綢繆",
            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "未%雨%綢%繆",
            "v": "未雨綢繆",
            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
          "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)",
          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "み%う%ちゅう%びゅう",
            "3": "미우주무",
            "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)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "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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        "2": "(《詩經·豳風·鴟鴞》)"
      },
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      "name": "lang"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "迨 天 之 @未 陰雨，徹 彼 桑土{dù}，@綢繆{móu} 牖戶。",
        "2": "Before the sky was dark with rain,\nI gathered the roots of the mulberry tree,\nAnd bound round and round my window and door.",
        "collapsed": "y",
        "ref": "Shijing"
      },
      "expansion": "迨天之未陰雨，徹彼桑土，綢繆牖戶。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]迨天之未阴雨，彻彼桑土，绸缪牖户。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version\nDài tiān zhī wèi yīnyǔ, chè bǐ sāngdù, chóumóu yǒuhù. [Pinyin]\nBefore the sky was dark with rain,\nI gathered the roots of the mulberry tree,\nAnd bound round and round my window and door.",
      "name": "zh-x"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the Classic of Poetry, poem 155 (《詩經·豳風·鴟鴞》):\n:\n迨天之未陰雨，徹彼桑土，綢繆牖戶。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]迨天之未阴雨，彻彼桑土，绸缪牖户。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version\nDài tiān zhī wèi yīnyǔ, chè bǐ sāngdù, chóumóu yǒuhù. [Pinyin]\nBefore the sky was dark with rain,\nI gathered the roots of the mulberry tree,\nAnd bound round and round my window and door.",
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      "expansion": "未雨綢繆",
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  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
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        {
          "english": "Only by taking precautions can you remain calm in the face of danger.",
          "ref": "未雨綢繆才能臨危不亂。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "未雨绸缪才能临危不乱。 [MSC, simp.]\nWèiyǔchóumóu cái néng línwēibùluàn. [Pinyin]",
          "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.",
          "ref": "宜未雨而綢繆，毋臨渴而掘井。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "宜未雨而绸缪，毋临渴而掘井。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Zhu Yongchun, Zhu Zi's Family Maxims, 17ᵗʰ century CE\nYí wèi yǔ ér chóumóu, wú lín kě ér jué jǐng. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "to plan ahead; to prepare before it is too late; to take precautions"
      ],
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          "plan",
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        [
          "ahead",
          "ahead"
        ],
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          "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"
}