zhān qián gù hòu

Traditional: 瞻前顧後

瞻前顾后 (zhān qián gù hòu) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. to look forward and back (idiom); fig. to consider carefully; to weigh the pros and cons; fig. to be overcautious and indecisive”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. to look forward and back (idiom)
  2. 2fig. to consider carefully; to weigh the pros and cons
  3. 3fig. to be overcautious and indecisive

Characters in 瞻前顾后

瞻zhān · to gaze前qián · front顾gù · to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to后hòu · empress

Related words

然后then; after that; afterwards前front后empress后back后surname Hou最后final; last; ultimate之前before以前before之后after; behind以后after后面the back; the rear; the last bit照顾to take care of

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