房前屋后 — Chinese idiom
房前屋后
fáng qián wū hòu
Traditional: 房前屋後
Meaning
- the area around one's house
Character by character
- 房fángbuilding, house, room
- 前qiánin front, forward; former, preceding
- 屋wūbuilding, house, shelter; room
- 后hòuafter; behind, rear; descendants
Idioms sharing a character
- 宠擅专房 chǒng shàn zhuān fáng
- 文房四宝 wén fáng sì bǎo
- 洞房花烛 dòng fáng huā zhú
- 蹿房越脊 cuān fáng yuè jǐ
- 一往无前 yī wǎng wú qián
- 一雪前耻 yī xuě qián chǐ
- 不计前嫌 bù jì qián xián
- 不顾前后 bù gù qián hòu
- 停滞不前 tíng zhì bù qián
- 光前裕后 guāng qián yù hòu
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