防 fáng

1. fáng verb to protect; to defend; to guard
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '防'; Unihan '防')
2. fáng verb to prevent
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '防'; Guoyu '防' v 2; Unihan '防')
3. fáng noun embankment
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '防' n 1; Unihan '防')
4. fáng noun a fortification
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '防' n 2)
5. fáng noun a precaution
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '防' n 3)
6. fáng proper noun Fang
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '防' n 4)

Contained in

• 防毒靴套 gas-protection boots; protective boots
• 边防警察(邊防警察) border police
• 防晒(防曬) sunburn protection
• 消防车(消防車) fire engine
• 防震 shockproof; to guard against earthquakes
• 钜防(鉅防) iron defense; defensive gate or wall
• 巡防舰(巡防艦) frigate
• 国防现代化(國防現代化) modernization of national defense
• 以防 (so as) to avoid; to prevent; (just) in case
• 防潮 damp proof; moisture proof; protection against tides
• 防喷罩(防噴罩) pop filter (audio engineering)
• 防卫(防衛) to defend
• 防控 to control and protect
• 防患 to prevent illness; to guard against accident or disaster
• 防腐剂(防腐劑) preservative; antiseptic
• 防洪 flood control; flood prevention
• 以防万一(以防萬一) to guard against the unexpected; just in case; prepared for any eventualities
• 中高度防空 high-to-medium-altitude air defense (HIMAD)
• 防波堤 breakwater; seawall; fig. defensive buffer zone
• 消防栓 fire hydrant
• 防不胜防(防不勝防) you can't guard against it; impossible to defend effectively; not much one can do about it
• 化学武器防护(化學武器防護) chemical weapon defense
• 害人之心不可有，防人之心不可无(害人之心不可有，防人之心不可無) refrain from hurting others, yet guard against those trying to hurt you
• 防止 to prevent; to guard against
• 集体防护(集體防護) collective protection
• 防御术(防禦術) defensive art
• 消防队员(消防隊員) fireman
• 俭以防匮(儉以防匱) frugality in order to prevent destitution
• 防御率(防禦率) earned run average (baseball)
• 明枪易躲，暗箭难防(明槍易躲，暗箭難防) easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark
• 防护眼镜(防護眼鏡) safety goggles
• 防御性(防禦性) defensive (weapons)
• 防杜 to prevent
• 国防预算(國防預算) military expenditure; military budget; defense budget
• 换防(換防) to relieve a garrison; to change guard complement
• 边防军(邊防軍) border guard; frontier army
• 防闲(防閑) to guard
• 防弊 anti-fraud; anti-cheating; preventing wrongdoing
• 防弹衣(防彈衣) bulletproof vest
• 防患未萌 to prevent a disaster before the event; to nip something in the bud
• 防油溅网(防油濺網) splatter screen
• 防滑 antiskid; slip resistant
• 防治 to prevent and cure
• 防护(防護) to protect
• 防火梯 fire escape
• 防灾(防災) disaster prevention; to protect against natural disasters
• 空防 air force; air defense
• 防血凝 anti-coagulant
• 猝不及防 to be caught off guard; without warning

Also contained in

齐格菲防线 、 防城各族自治县

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• 卷三百四十 列傳第九十九 呂大防兄:大忠 弟:大鈞 大臨 劉摯 蘇頌 Volume 340 Biographies 99: Lu Dafang and elder brother: Dazhong, younger brother: Dajun, Da Lin, Liu Zhi, Su Song History of Song 宋史 — count: 36
• 卷二百七十 列傳第二十九 顏衎 劇可久 趙逢 蘇曉 高防 馮瓚 邊珝 王明 許仲宣 楊克讓 段思恭 侯陟 李符 魏丕 董樞 Volume 270 Biographies 29: Yan Kan, Ju Kejiu, Zhao Feng, Su Xiao, Gao Fang, Feng Zan, Bian Xu, Wang Ming, Xu Zhongxuan, Yang Kerang, Duan Sigong, Hou Zhi, Li Fu, Wei Pi, Dong Shu History of Song 宋史 — count: 29
• 卷二十四 馬援列傳 Volume 24: Biography of Ma Yuan Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 29
• 卷二十七　志第八:　河渠 黃河 漕渠盧溝河 滹沱河 漳河 Volume 27 Treatises 8: Rivers and Canals - Yellow River and its Branches and Channels, Hutuo River, Zhang River History of Jin 金史 — count: 20
• 卷三百五十五 列傳第一百十四 賈易 董敦逸 上官均 來之邵 葉濤 楊畏 崔台符 楊汲 呂嘉問 李南公 董必 虞策 郭知章 Volume 355 Biographies 114: Jia Yi, Dong Dunyi, Shang Guanjun, Lai ZhiShao, Ye Tao, Yang Wei, Cui Taifu, Yang Ji, Lu Jiawen, Li Nangong, Dong Bi, Yu Ce, Guo Zhizhang History of Song 宋史 — count: 19
• 卷九十一 志第六十七 兵三 Volume 91 Treatises 67: Military 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 18
• 卷三百十四 列傳第七十三 Fan Zhongyan and son: Chunyou, Chun Li, Chun Cui, Fan Chunren and son: Zhengping Volume 314 Biographies 73: History of Song 宋史 — count: 15
• 卷四十四 鄧張徐張胡列傳 Volume 44: Biographies of Deng, Zhang, Xu, Zhang, Hu Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 15
• 卷五十八 虞傅蓋臧列傳 Volume 58: Biographies of Yu, Fu, Gai, Zang Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 15
• 卷五十三　志第三十四:　選舉三 右職吏員雜選 Volume 53 Treatises 34: Selection of Officials 3 - Miscellaneous Selection of Senior Officials, Minor Officials History of Jin 金史 — count: 14

Collocations

• 及防 (及防) 城諸及防 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 10
• 防民 (防民) 夫防民之所害 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷九　主術訓 Chapter 9: The Sovereign's Methods — count: 5
• 沟防 (溝防) 凡溝防 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 冬官考工記 第六 6. Office of Winter and Inspection Records — count: 5
• 防淫 (防淫) 所以防淫辟之風也 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷二十　泰族訓 Chapter 20: superior Lineage — count: 4
• 防表 (防錶) 行有防表 — Xunzi 荀子, 儒效篇第八 Chapter 8: The Achievements of the Confucians — count: 4
• 防山 (防山) 防山以水之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
• 防禁 (防禁) 立榮恥而明防禁 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷七 政理 Chapter 7: Governance — count: 3
• 障防 (障防) 修障防 — Guanzi 管子, 立政第四 Chapter 4: Establishing Governance — count: 3
• 围防 (圍防) 圍防 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
• 取防 (取防) 取防 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 3