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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
以防万一
to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case
02
prepared for any eventualities
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 以防万一 actually appears in real sentences.
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No published English translation for this sentence.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 以防万一
What does 以防万一 mean in Chinese?
以防万一 (yǐfángwànyī) means to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case.
How do you pronounce 以防万一?
以防万一 is pronounced yǐfángwànyī.
Is 以防万一 an HSK word?
以防万一 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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