未雨绸缪

wèi yǔ chóu móu

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

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Child Words of 未雨绸缪

• 未 未 wèi: not yet
• 雨 雨 yǔ: rain
• 雨 雨 yù: (literary) to rain
• 绸 绸 chóu: (light) silk
• 绸缪 绸缪 chóu móu: to be sentimentally attached to sb or sth
• 缪 缪 miào: mu (Greek letter Μμ)
• 缪 缪 móu: to wind round