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Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

有備無患


有备无患

see styles
yǒu bèi wú huàn
    you3 bei4 wu2 huan4
yu pei wu huan
Preparedness averts peril.; to be prepared, just in case (idiom)

不吝

see styles
bù lìn
    bu4 lin4
pu lin
not to stint; to be generous (with praise etc); to be prepared to (pay a fee, give of one's time etc)

整う

see styles
 totonou / totono
    ととのう
(v5u,vi) (1) to be ready; to be prepared; to be arranged; (2) to be in order; to be put in order; to be well-ordered; to be well-proportioned; to be harmonious; (3) to be adjusted; to be regulated; to be refined (e.g. of a face); (4) to be settled (e.g. treaty, contract); to be completed

斉う

see styles
 totonou / totono
    ととのう
(out-dated kanji) (v5u,vi) (1) to be ready; to be prepared; to be arranged; (2) to be in order; to be put in order; to be well-ordered; to be well-proportioned; to be harmonious; (3) to be adjusted; to be regulated; to be refined (e.g. of a face); (4) to be settled (e.g. treaty, contract); to be completed

調う

see styles
 totonou / totono
    ととのう
(v5u,vi) (1) to be ready; to be prepared; to be arranged; (2) to be in order; to be put in order; to be well-ordered; to be well-proportioned; to be harmonious; (3) to be adjusted; to be regulated; to be refined (e.g. of a face); (4) to be settled (e.g. treaty, contract); to be completed

辞す

see styles
 jisu
    じす
(v5s,vi) (1) (See 辞する・1) to take one's leave; to excuse oneself; to leave; to depart; (transitive verb) (2) to resign (from); to step down; to leave (one's position); to quit; (transitive verb) (3) to decline; to turn down; to refuse; (transitive verb) (4) (in the negative as ...を(も)辞さない, ...を(も)辞さず, etc.) (See 辞さない) to do unwaveringly; to be prepared to do; to not mind doing

相調う

see styles
 aitotonou / aitotono
    あいととのう
(v5u,vi) (polite language) (See 調う・1) to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be arranged

辞する

see styles
 jisuru
    じする
(vs-s,vi) (1) to take one's leave; to excuse oneself; to leave; to depart; (vs-s,vt) (2) to resign (from); to step down; to leave (one's position); to quit; (vs-s,vt) (3) to decline; to turn down; to refuse; (vs-s,vt) (4) (in the negative as ...を(も)辞さない, ...を(も)辞せず, etc.) (See 辞さない) to do unwaveringly; to be prepared to do; to not mind doing

以備不測


以备不测

see styles
yǐ bèi bù cè
    yi3 bei4 bu4 ce4
i pei pu ts`e
    i pei pu tse
to be prepared for accidents

善罷甘休


善罢甘休

see styles
shàn bà gān xiū
    shan4 ba4 gan1 xiu1
shan pa kan hsiu
to leave the matter at that; to be prepared to let go; to be willing to take things lying down

浮足立つ

see styles
 ukiashidatsu
    うきあしだつ
(Godan verb with "tsu" ending) to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated

窮家富路


穷家富路

see styles
qióng jiā fù lù
    qiong2 jia1 fu4 lu4
ch`iung chia fu lu
    chiung chia fu lu
(idiom) at home be frugal, but when traveling be prepared to spend

浮き足立つ

see styles
 ukiashidatsu
    うきあしだつ
(Godan verb with "tsu" ending) to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated

不怕一萬,就怕萬一


不怕一万,就怕万一

see styles
bù pà yī wàn , jiù pà wàn yī
    bu4 pa4 yi1 wan4 , jiu4 pa4 wan4 yi1
pu p`a i wan , chiu p`a wan i
    pu pa i wan , chiu pa wan i
better to be safe than sorry (proverb); to be prepared just in case

Variations:
整う(P)
調う
斉う(oK)

see styles
 totonou / totono
    ととのう
(v5u,vi) (1) to be ready; to be prepared; to be arranged; (v5u,vi) (2) to be in order; to be put in order; to be well-ordered; to be well-proportioned; to be harmonious; (v5u,vi) (3) to be adjusted; to be regulated; to be refined (e.g. of a face); (v5u,vi) (4) to be settled (e.g. treaty, contract); to be completed

Variations:
浮き足立つ
浮足立つ
浮き足だつ

see styles
 ukiashidatsu
    うきあしだつ
(Godan verb with "tsu" ending) to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 16 results for "Be Prepared" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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