预防为主

預防為主

yùfáng wéizhǔ

phrase

Meanings

1 prevention first
2 to give priority to prevention
3 'prevention as the guiding principle'

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

我国卫生工作坚持预防为主。

Wǒguó wèishēng gōngzuò jiānchí yùfáng wéizhǔ.

Our country's health work adheres to putting prevention first.

HSK 7-9

火灾要预防为主，灭火为辅。

Huǒzāi yào yùfáng wéizhǔ, mièhuǒ wéi fǔ.

For fires, prevention should come first, with firefighting as backup.

Tips

culture

One of the PRC's founding public-health slogans, coined in the 1950s alongside 团结中西医 ('unite Chinese and Western medicine'). Still the headline principle of the 《传染病防治法》 (Infectious Disease Prevention Law).

Stroke Order

预 yù

防 fáng

为 wéi

主 zhǔ