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転ばぬ先の杖

転ばぬ先の杖

Japanese

Kanji in this term
転	先	杖
ころ Grade: 3	さき Grade: 1	つえ Jinmeiyō

Proverb

転ばぬ先の杖 ‎(hiragana ころばぬさきのつえ, romaji korobanu saki no tsue)

better safe than sorry, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure