不怕一万,就怕万一

bù pà yī wàn , jiù pà wàn yī

better to be safe than sorry (proverb)

to be prepared just in case

no; not so

to be afraid

one

wàn

ten thousand

,

jiù

(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then

to be afraid

wàn

ten thousand

one