未雨绸缪

wèi yǔ chóu móu

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Definitions

  1. 1. lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經|诗经); fig. to plan ahead
  2. 2. to prepare for a rainy day

Child Words of 未雨绸缪

未
wèi

not yet

雨
yǔ

rain

雨
yù

(literary) to rain

绸
chóu

(light) silk

绸缪
chóu móu

to be sentimentally attached to sb or sth

缪
miào

mu (Greek letter Μμ)

缪
móu

to wind round