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Home / Idiom / 积谷防饥

storing grain against a famine · to lay sth by for a rainy day

积谷防饥
jī gǔ fáng jī
j+ī·1st toneg+ǔ·3rd tonef+áng·2nd tonej+ī·1st tone
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(of parents) to bring up children for the purpose of being looked after in old age养儿防老yǎng ér fáng lǎoPreparedness averts peril. · to be prepared, just in case (idiom)有备无患yǒu bèi wú huàn
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