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To consider past cause and future effect (idiom) in Chinese: 思前想后 (sī qián xiǎng hòu)

sī qián xiǎng hòu

to consider past cause and future effect (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 思前想後1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future
  2. 2to ponder over reasons and connection

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想
后

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ㄙ

sī

ㄙ/ s—/ first tone

ㄑㄧㄢˊ

qián

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄒㄧㄤˇ

xiǎng

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄤ/ angˇ/ third tone

ㄏㄡˋ

hòu

ㄏ/ hㄡ/ ouˋ/ fourth tone

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Example sentences

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  • 他思前想后，还是决定辞职。

    tā sī qián xiǎng hòu， hái shì jué dìng cí zhí。

    After much deliberation, he still decided to resign.

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Related words

想

xiǎng

to think (about)

后

hòu

empress

前

qián

front

后面

hòu mian

the back

前面

qián miàn

ahead

意思

yì si

idea

然后

rán hòu

then

以后

yǐ hòu

after

以前

yǐ qián

before

后悔

hòu huǐ

to regret

后来

hòu lái

afterwards

理想

lǐ xiǎng

an ideal

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