take precautions against a possible danger

take precautions against a possible danger

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w ǎ NGT ū x ǐ x ī n, which means to take precautions. The source is Shuo yuan · Quan Mou.

The origin of Idioms

According to Han · Liu Xiang's Shuo yuan · Quan Mou, it was found that the neighbor's chimney was upright and there was accumulated salary beside it, so he was advised to bend the chimney and remove the accumulated salary; if the neighbor didn't follow, the result was a fire.

Analysis of Idioms

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Idiom usage

As a predicate or attributive; used to prevent beforehand

Idiom story

Once upon a time, a man went to visit his friend. When he saw his friend's chimney standing in front of the stove, there was still a lot of dry wood piled in front of the stove, he suggested that the owner change the chimney into a curved one and move the dry wood away. The host didn't take it. Soon there was a fire. Fortunately, the neighbor put out the fire in time. The owner killed the cow to thank the neighbors. The neighbor said that it was the person who gave advice that should be invited.