Chinese phrase
请防止〜 qǐng fáng zhǐ 〜
Meaning
Please prevent ___ from happening
When to use it
It politely asks someone to prevent something from happening. It is common in work or formal communication when a similar problem should not happen again.
Example dialogue
我们下周开会讨论客户投诉的事。 wǒ men xià zhōu kāi huì tǎo lùn kè hù tóu sù de shì
We will meet next week to discuss the customer complaint.
请在邮件里说明并请防止类似投诉再次发生。 qǐng zài yóu jiàn lǐ shuō míng bìng qǐng fáng zhǐ lèi sì tóu sù zài cì fā shēng
Please explain the matter in the email and prevent similar complaints from happening again.