bì miǎn
to avert
to prevent
to avoid
to refrain from
fáng
to protect
to defend
to guard against
to prevent
fáng zhǐ
to prevent
to guard against
to take precautions
yù fáng
to prevent
to take precautions against
to protect
to guard against
precautionary
prophylactic
bì shǔ
to be away for the summer holidays
to spend a holiday at a summer resort
to prevent sunstroke
miǎn chú
to prevent
to avoid
to excuse
to exempt
to relieve
(of a debt) to remit
zhē duàn
to cut off
to interrupt
to prevent access
dù
birchleaf pear (tree)
to stop
to prevent
to restrict
suǒ dìng
to lock (a door)
to close with a latch
to lock into place
a lock
a latch
to lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten)
to lock (denying access to a computer system or device or files, e.g. by password-protection)
to focus attention on
to target
fáng kòng
to prevent and control (e.g. the spread of a communicable disease)
miǎn shòu
to avoid suffering
to prevent (sth bad)
to protect against (damage)
immunity (from prosecution)
freedom (from pain, damage etc)
exempt from punishment
fáng shǔ jiàng wēn
to prevent heatstroke and reduce temperature
wò guǐ
to lie across the railway tracks (to commit suicide or to prevent trains from getting through)
jiàn
material (such as rocks, earth, bamboo etc) used to hastily repair a dike
(literary) door bar (vertical bar used to prevent the horizontal movement of a door bolt)
kòu fā
to deprive
to withhold
to hold sth back (and prevent it being known)
fáng huàn wèi rán
to prevent troubles before the event (idiom)
to forestall
to nip sth in the bud
jì lái zhī , zé ān zhī
Since they have come, we should make them comfortable (idiom). Since we're here, take it easy.
Since this is so, we should accept it.
Now we have come, let's stay and take the rough with the smooth.
If you can't do anything to prevent it, you might as well sit back and enjoy it.
kòu yā
to withhold
to hold sth back (and prevent it being known)
lì zǔ
to block
to prevent by force
tóu shǔ jì qì
lit. to refrain from shooting at the rat for fear of breaking the vases (idiom)
to not act against an evil so as to prevent harm to innocents
fáng qǔ
to prevent tooth decay
anti-caries
chéng qián bì hòu
lit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again
què bìng
to prevent or treat a disease
wàn sǐ bù cí
ten thousand deaths will not prevent me (idiom); ready to risk life and limb to help out
pò cái miǎn zāi
a financial loss may prevent disaster (idiom)
cù tuì
to hinder
to prevent (forward progress)
xiǎo chéng dà jiè
lit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition
jiǎn yǐ fáng kuì
frugality in order to prevent destitution (idiom)
fáng huàn wèi méng
to prevent a disaster before the event (idiom); to nip sth in the bud
qū xié chú zāi
to drive away demons to prevent calamity (idiom)
fáng dǔ
to prevent
to combat
to counter
jì lái zhī , zé ān zhī
Since they have come, we should make them comfortable (idiom). Since we're here, take it easy.
Since this is so, we should accept it.
Now we have come, let's stay and take the rough with the smooth.
If you can't do anything to prevent it, you might as well sit back and enjoy it.
zhǐ huǒ guō
paper hot pot (hot pot using a single-use pot made of Japanese washi paper with a special coating to prevent burning and leaking, used for cooking at the dining table)
miè kǒu
to kill sb to prevent them from divulging a secret
to silence sb
hú míng
(old) to seal an examinee's name on the examination paper to prevent fraud
qū tū xǐ xīn
lit. to bend the chimney and remove the firewood (to prevent fire) (idiom)
fig. to take preventive measures
yǐ fáng
(so as) to avoid
to prevent
(just) in case
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