后顾之忧 — Chinese idiom
后顾之忧
hòu gù zhī yōu
Traditional: 後顧之憂
Meaning
- fears of trouble in the rear ; family worries (obstructing freedom of action)
- worries about the future consequences
- often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything"
Character by character
- 后hòuafter; behind, rear; descendants
- 顾gùto look back; to look at; to look after
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
- 忧yōusad, grieving; melancholy, grief
Idioms sharing a character
- 不甘人后 bù gān rén hòu
- 不甘后人 bù gān hòu rén
- 不顾前后 bù gù qián hòu
- 事后聪明 shì hòu cōng ming
- 先来后到 xiān lái hòu dào
- 先斩后奏 xiān zhǎn hòu zòu
- 先礼后兵 xiān lǐ hòu bīng
- 光前裕后 guāng qián yù hòu
- 前仆后继 qián pū hòu jì
- 前倨后恭 qián jù hòu gōng
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