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未雨綢繆

wèi yǔ chóu móu

C1–C2 Level 7

未雨綢繆 (wèi yǔ chóu móu) is a Chinese word meaning “to prepare for a rainy day”. It sits at TOCFL Level 7 (CEFR C1–C2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  1. lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經); fig. to plan ahead
  2. to prepare for a rainy day

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).