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后顾之忧 (hòu gù zhī yōu) – fears of trouble in the rear (idiom)

hòu gù zhī yōu

fears of trouble in the rear (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 後顧之憂0 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1fears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action)
  2. 2worries about the future consequences
  3. 3often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything"

Simplified & traditional

后顾之忧

Simplified

後顧之憂

Traditional

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Related words

之

zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的)

后

hòu

surname Hou

顾

gù

surname Gu

后面

hòu mian

the back

然后

rán hòu

then

以后

yǐ hòu

after

照顾

zhào gu

to take care of

分之

fēn zhī

(indicating a fraction)

顾客

gù kè

customer

后悔

hòu huǐ

to regret

后来

hòu lái

afterwards

最后

zuì hòu

final

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