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

• 积谷防饥(積穀防饑) storing grain against a famine; to lay something by for a rainy day
• 钤盖关防(鈐蓋關防) to affix a seal
• 防堵 to prevent; to combat; to counter
• 防特 to thwart espionage; counterespionage
• 防冻剂(防凍劑) antifreeze agent
• 防夹(防夾) antipinch (e.g. preventing catching fingers in automatic car windows)
• 前防 frontline
• 边防(邊防) frontier defense
• 疏于防范(疏於防範) to neglect to take precautions; relaxed vigilance
• 预防接种(預防接種) prophylactic inoculation
• 空防 air force; air defense
• 防长(防長) Abbreviation for 國防部長|国防部长, Minister of Defense
• 防患未然 to prevent troubles before the event; to forestall; to nip in the bud
• 防蚊液 mosquito repellent
• 防腐剂(防腐劑) preservative; antiseptic
• 化学武器防护(化學武器防護) chemical weapon defense
• 布防迎战(布防迎戰) to prepare to meet the enemy head-on
• 防潮 damp proof; moisture proof; protection against tides
• 谨防(謹防) to guard against; to beware of
• 心理防线(心理防線) psychological barrier
• 防锈(防銹) rust prevention; anti-corrosion
• 防寒服 overcoat; down jacket; winter wear
• 防狼喷雾(防狼噴霧) pepper spray
• 防疫 epidemic prevention; disease prevention
• 换防(換防) to relieve a garrison; to change guard complement
• 防盗门(防盜門) security door
• 防老 to prepare for old age
• 预防器(預防器) prophylactic equipment; condom
• 消防报警(消防報警) a fire alarm
• 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
• 防御性(防禦性) defensive (weapons)
• 严防(嚴防) to take strict precautions; to be on guard
• 防备(防備) to guard against
• 消防 fire-fighting; fire control
• 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
• 防核 nuclear defense; anti-nuclear (installation)
• 防霉 rot proof
• 猝不及防 to be caught off guard; without warning
• 正当防卫(正當防衛) reasonable self-defense; legitimate defense
• 布防 to lay out a defense
• 以防万一(以防萬一) to guard against the unexpected; just in case; prepared for any eventualities
• 暗箭难防(暗箭難防) a secret arrow [slander] is hard to defend against ; an attack by stealth is hard to defend
• 防戒 to caution against
• 关防(關防) security measures ; official seal
• 养儿防老(養兒防老) (of parents) to bring up children for the purpose of being looked after in old age
• 调防(調防) to relieve a garrison

Also contained in

防城 、 防毒软件 、 防城区 、 国防语言学院 、 防火墙

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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
• 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
• 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
• 防叔 (防叔) 曰孔防叔 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孔子世家》 House of Confucius — count: 3
• 女防 (女防) 有子曰女防 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《秦本紀》 Annals of Qin — 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
• 曲防 (曲防) 無曲防 — Mencius 孟子, 告子下 Gaozi II — count: 3