未雨绸缪

wèi yǔ chóu móu

Rare

Definitions

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

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rain

(literary) to rain

(light) silk

to be sentimentally attached to sb or sth

mu (Greek letter Μμ)

to wind round