防微杜渐防微杜漸

fáng wēi dù jiàn

Meaning

to nip in the bud (idiom)

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防fángto protect, to defend, to guard against阝方微wēismall, tiny, trifling; micro-彳山兀攵杜dùto prevent, to restrict, to stop; surname木土渐jiàngradually氵斩