A stitch in time saves nine.
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防
fáng
HSK 3.0 · 3
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fáng · fong4 (Jyutping)
- to protect
- to defend
- to guard against
- to prevent
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Character breakdown
防
- Meaning
- defend; prevent; embankment
- Radical
- 阝
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- ⿰阝方
- Cangjie
- NLYHS
- Four-corner
- 7022.7
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