后
顾
之
忧

Fears of trouble in the rear (idiom) in Chinese: 后顾之忧 (hòu gù zhī yōu)

hòu gù zhī yōu

fears of trouble in the rear (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 後顧之憂1 example sentence

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"

Stroke order

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后
顾
之
忧

Zhuyin

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ㄏㄡˋ

hòu

ㄏ/ hㄡ/ ouˋ/ fourth tone

ㄍㄨˋ

gù

ㄍ/ gㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

ㄓ

zhī

ㄓ/ zh—/ first tone

ㄧㄡ

yōu

ㄧ/ iㄡ/ ou—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

后顾之忧

Simplified

後顧之憂

Traditional

Example sentences

See 后顾之忧 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 公司解决了员工的后顾之忧。

    gōng sī jiě jué le yuán gōng de hòu gù zhī yōu。

    The company took care of its employees' worries about the future.

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Related words

之

zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的)

后

hòu

empress

顾

gù

to look after

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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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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