cẩn tắc vô ưu
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caution avoids worry
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caution avoids worry
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Phrase
caution avoids worry Discourse & Logic
An idiom advising people to act with caution to avoid future worries or potential mistakes.
vi Hãy làm việc cẩn thận vì cẩn tắc vô ưu.
en Work carefully because caution avoids worry.
Parts
cẩn tắc / vô ưu / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 謹則無 …
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Parts
cẩn tắc / vô ưu / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 謹則無 …
OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 謹則無
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
謹則無
Candidates by syllable
cẩn
謹
tắc
則（塞）
vô
無
ưu
憂
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Similar
vô ưu / tối ưu / phân ưu / hạng ưu
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Similar
vô ưu / tối ưu / phân ưu / hạng ưu
Use
cẩn tắc vô ưu, vô áy náy
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Use
cẩn tắc vô ưu, vô áy náy