巴前算后 — Chinese idiom
巴前算后
bā qián suàn hòu
Traditional: 巴前算後
Meaning
- thinking and pondering ; to turn sth over in one's mind
- to consider repeatedly
Character by character
- 巴bāto desire, to wish for
- 前qiánin front, forward; former, preceding
- 算suànto calculate, to count; to figure, to plan
- 后hòuafter; behind, rear; descendants
Idioms sharing a character
- 巴三览四 bā sān lǎn sì
- 巴山夜雨 Bā shān yè yǔ
- 巴山蜀水 Bā shān Shǔ shuǐ
- 巴头探脑 bā tóu tàn nǎo
- 巴高望上 bā gāo wàng shàng
- 狐狸尾巴 hú li wěi ba
- 百般巴结 bǎi bān bā jié
- 一往无前 yī wǎng wú qián
- 一雪前耻 yī xuě qián chǐ
- 不计前嫌 bù jì qián xián
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