Yu-bi-mu-hwan

有

있을 유

備

갖출 비

無

없을 무

患

근심 환

Character by character

Meaning

If you prepare in advance, there is nothing to worry about.

Origin

From the Book of Documents, in advice the Shang minister Fu Yue gave his king.

How it is used

The standard phrase in Korea for urging disaster drills or buying insurance.

Hanja有備無患

Simplified有备无患

Korean reading유비무환

Pinyinyǒu bèi wú huàn

Frequently asked questions

Q. What does Yu-bi-mu-hwan mean?

有備無患 · If you prepare in advance, there is nothing to worry about.

Q. Where does Yu-bi-mu-hwan come from?

From the Book of Documents, in advice the Shang minister Fu Yue gave his king.

Q. How is Yu-bi-mu-hwan used?

The standard phrase in Korea for urging disaster drills or buying insurance.

Idioms in the same group

易地思之 Yeok-ji-sa-jiThink about it after swapping places with the other person.初志一貫 Cho-ji-il-gwanCarry the resolve you started with all the way through, unchanged.名不虛傳 Myeong-bul-heo-jeonThe reputation was not passed on in vain — it lives up to the name.靑出於藍 Cheong-chul-eo-ramThe blue drawn from the indigo plant is bluer than the plant — the student surpasses the teacher.大器晩成 Dae-gi-man-seongA great vessel takes long to finish — those destined for greatness succeed late.溫故知新 On-go-ji-sinStudy the old to understand the new.

The idioms used in Korea mix phrases from the Chinese classics with ones coined in Korea. Where an expression is not used in China, the entry says so.