思前想后 — Chinese idiom

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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