顾 gù
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 页 — page, sheet, leaf
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
顾全大局
gùquándàjú
to take the overall situation into account
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 为了顾全大局，他决定先放下自己的意见。 Wèile gùquán dàjú, tā juédìng xiān fàngxià zìjǐ de yìjiàn. To keep the bigger picture in mind, he decided to set his own opinion aside for now.
- 一个团队里，每个人都要学会顾全大局。 Yí ge tuánduì lǐ, měi ge rén dōu yào xuéhuì gùquán dàjú. In a team, everyone has to learn to put the common good first.
- 他虽然很委屈，但还是顾全大局，没有和人争吵。 Tā suīrán hěn wěiqu, dàn háishi gùquán dàjú, méiyǒu hé rén zhēngchǎo. Though he felt wronged, he kept the bigger picture in mind and didn't argue with anyone.
Related words
- 顾客 gùkè customer
- 照顾 zhàogù to take care of
- 不顾 búgù to ignore; despite
- 顾问 gùwèn adviser
- 回顾 huígù to look back on
- 顾 gù to attend to, to look after
- 只顾 zhǐgù to be only concerned with, to solely attend to
- 顾及 gùjí to take into account; to consider
- 顾虑 gùlǜ concern; misgiving; to worry about
- 顾名思义 gùmíngsīyì as the name implies; literally, to infer the meaning from the name
- 光顾 guānggù to patronise; to visit
- 后顾之忧 hòugùzhīyōu worries for the future; domestic worries