防胜于治。

Prevention is better than cure.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 防 fáng
  1. to protect
  2. to defend
  3. to guard against
  4. to prevent
2 胜于 shèngyú to be better than; to be superior to
3 治 zhì
  1. to rule
  2. to govern
  3. to manage
  4. to control
  5. to harness (a river)
  6. to treat (a disease)
  7. to wipe out (a pest)
  8. to punish
  9. to research