綢繆

绸缪
chóumóu
to be sentimentally attached to sb or sth

CEDICT

  1. (literary) extending into the distance; continuous; uninterrupted
  2. (literary, figurative) showing deep and everlasting affection; sentimentally attached; ardent
  3. (literary, figurative) to plan ahead; to prepare in advance
  4. (literary, ideophonic) bound tightly; bound round and round; winding round
  5. (literary, ideophonic) numerous and dense; closely crowded
  6. bound tightly; bound round and round; winding round
  7. extending into the distance; continuous; uninterrupted
  8. numerous and dense; closely crowded
  9. showing deep and everlasting affection; sentimentally attached; ardent
  10. to plan ahead; to prepare in advance

Wiktionary

  1. 親密、纏綿。
  2. 纏縛。引申為修補，使之堅固。
  3. 花朵稠密的樣子。

重編國語辭典

  1. 纏縛，引申為修補，使之堅固
  2. 花朵稠密的樣子
  3. 親密，纏綿

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 綢 chóu (light) silk

classifier: 匹
2 繆 móu used in 綢繆 chóumóu

Containing this entry

未雨綢繆 wèiyǔchóumóu
  1. lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經); fig. to plan ahead
  2. to prepare for a rainy day