防止
Meaning
- to prevent
- to guard against
- to take precautions
Example sentence
防止山火，人人有责。
The prevention of forest fires is everyone's responsibility.
Characters in 防止
- 防 fáng to protect
- 止 zhǐ to stop, to halt; only, just
防 to guard against plus 止, to stop. Guarding to stop something, hence to prevent.