居安思危
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To stay alert to possible dangers even when things are going well. Used as advice to governments, companies and individuals not to grow complacent in good times.
Đang lúc yên ổn vẫn nghĩ đến lúc nguy nan để lo phòng bị trước. Dùng để khuyên nhà nước, doanh nghiệp hay mỗi người không nên chủ quan khi mọi việc đang thuận lợi.
Register: formal
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 062 (2026-11-13). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “cư an tư nguy” (cu-an-tu-nguy). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “居安思危” mean?
To stay alert to possible dangers even when things are going well. Used as advice to governments, companies and individuals not to grow complacent in good times. Literally: dwelling in safety, think of danger
Is “居安思危” formal or informal?
居安思危 is generally formal.