后顾之忧
Simplified word
後顧之憂
Traditional word
后顾之忧 English definition
hòu gù zhī yōu
- fears of trouble in the rear (idiom)
- family worries (obstructing freedom of action)
- worries about the future consequences
- often in negative expressions, meaning 'no worries about anything'
hòu gù zhī yōu
- fears of trouble in the rear (idiom)
- family worries (obstructing freedom of action)
- worries about the future consequences
- often in negative expressions, meaning 'no worries about anything'
HSK level
Characters
- 后 (hòu): back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; empress; queen;
- 顾 (gù): to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to;
- 之 (zhī): (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it;
- 忧 (yōu): to worry; to concern oneself with; worried; anxiety; sorrow; a parent's funeral; inconvenienced by being orphaned;