思前想后 — Chinese idiom
思前想后
sī qián xiǎng hòu
Traditional: 思前想後
Meaning
- to consider past cause and future effect ; to think over the past and future
- to ponder over reasons and connection
Character by character
- 思sīto think, to ponder, to consider; final particle
- 前qiánin front, forward; former, preceding
- 想xiǎngto believe, to wish for; to consider, to plan, to
- 后hòuafter; behind, rear; descendants
Idioms sharing a character
- 一门心思 yī mén xīn si
- 三思而行 sān sī ér xíng
- 不假思索 bù jiǎ sī suǒ
- 不可思议 bù kě sī yì
- 刻骨相思 kè gǔ xiāng sī
- 孝思不匮 xiào sī bù kuì
- 居安思危 jū ān sī wēi
- 左思右想 zuǒ sī yòu xiǎng
- 思来想去 sī lái xiǎng qù
- 思潮起伏 sī cháo qǐ fú
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