未雨绸缪 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 未雨綢繆 wèiyǔchóumóu ㄨㄟˋ ㄩˇ ㄔㄡˊ ㄇㄡˊ lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 诗经) fig. to plan ahead to prepare for a rainy day Character by character 未(wèi)not yet 雨(yǔ)rain 绸(chóu)silk 缪(móu)surname Miao A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0