未雨绸缪

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

Characters and words in 未雨绸缪

not yet / did not / have not / not / 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep / ancient Chinese compass point: 210°

= + : Shortly after finishing a new installation in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom, Ai Weiwei is imprisoned by Willy Walrus, because—out of all places—Ai Weiwei put his new installation right into Willy Walrus's toilet. Ai Weiwei's installation is a Christmas tree with a tiny, slightly tilted flute on top. Ai Weiwei would really, really like to correct the tilted flute, but so far, Willy Walrus has not yet let him out.
rain / CL:陣|阵[zhen4],場|场[chang2]

= + + : It is raining inside of the space station, and because of zero gravity, it is raining in every direction. Yu the Great can't just hide under a ladder covered with petal leaves, she also has to tug herself in a few maps.
(literary) to rain / (of rain, snow etc) to fall / to precipitate / to wet
(light) silk / CL:匹[pi3]

= + : Charlie Chaplin (ch) and the silk worm (纟) are working together in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2) to produce very light silk (绸). Charlie is extracting its silk thread while the worm is exercising with a hula hoop (周), therefore creating a very light thread.
to be sentimentally attached to sb or sth
surname Miao
old variant of 繚|缭[liao3]
mu (Greek letter Μμ)
variant of 謬|谬[miu4] / error / erroneous
to wind round
old variant of 穆[mu4]
error; erroneous (variant of 謬|谬[miu4])

Words with 未雨绸缪

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