后患无穷 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• there will be no end of trouble in the future

Character by character

• 后hòuafter; behind, rear; descendants
• 患huànsuffering; misfortune; trouble; to suffer
• 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
• 穷qióngpoor, destitute; to exhaust

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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