Think twice and prevent
In Chinese, Pinyin is s ī Hu à NY ù f á ng, which means to take preventive measures in advance when thinking of disasters. It comes from the book of changes.
Idiom usage
Prevention in advance
Examples
When you see danger, you must think about it and prevent it.
Analysis of Idioms
Take precautions
The origin of Idioms
In the book of changes, Ji Ji: "a gentleman should guard against danger by thinking about it."
Idiom explanation
Think of disaster, take preventive measures in advance.
Think twice and prevent
with a bear 's loin and a tiger 's back - xióng yāo hǔ bèi
remember what is right at the sight of profit - jū lì sī yì
resign from office and return to one 's native town - gào lǎo huán xiāng