瞻前顾后 — Chinese idiom
瞻前顾后
zhān qián gù hòu
Traditional: 瞻前顧後
Meaning
- lit. to look forward and back
- fig. to consider carefully; to weigh the pros and cons
- fig. to be overcautious and indecisive
Character by character
- 瞻zhānto look; to look out for; to respect
- 前qiánin front, forward; former, preceding
- 顾gùto look back; to look at; to look after
- 后hòuafter; behind, rear; descendants
Idioms sharing a character
- 动见观瞻 dòng jiàn guān zhān
- 马首是瞻 mǎ shǒu shì zhān
- 高瞻远瞩 gāo zhān yuǎn zhǔ
- 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
- 冰释前嫌 bīng shì qián xián
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