防杜

fángdù
to prevent

CEDICT

  1. (literary) to watch out for and put an end to; to prevent and stop
  2. to watch out for and put an end to; to prevent and stop

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 防 fáng
  1. to protect
  2. to defend
  3. to guard against
  4. to prevent
2 杜 dù
  1. birchleaf pear (tree)
  2. to stop
  3. to prevent
  4. to restrict

Related entries

免除 miǎnchú
  1. to prevent
  2. to avoid
  3. to excuse
  4. to exempt
  5. to relieve
  6. (of a debt) to remit
防堵 fángdǔ
  1. to prevent
  2. to combat
  3. to counter
防止 fángzhǐ
  1. to prevent
  2. to guard against
  3. to take precautions
防止山火，人人有責。

The prevention of forest fires is everyone's responsibility.

Source: Tatoeba

阻止 zǔzhǐ
  1. to prevent
  2. to block
别想阻止我。

Don't try to stop me.

Source: Tatoeba

預防 yùfáng
  1. to prevent
  2. to take precautions against
  3. to protect
  4. to guard against
  5. precautionary
  6. prophylactic
这些措施可以预防疾病蔓延。

These measures can prevent the disease from spreading.

Source: Tatoeba

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