后顾之忧
hòugùzhīyōu
worries for the future; domestic worries
Characters in this word
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
之 zhī
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 丿 — falling stroke
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
忧 yōu
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 尤 especially, particularly
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 医院解决了夜班医生的托育问题，使他们值守时少了后顾之忧。 Yīyuàn jiějué le yèbān yīshēng de tuōyù wèntí, shǐ tāmen zhíshǒu shí shǎo le hòugù zhī yōu. The hospital solved childcare for night-shift doctors, reducing their worries while on duty.
- 孩子有人照顾，她工作起来就没有后顾之忧了。 Háizi yǒu rén zhàogù, tā gōngzuò qǐlai jiù méiyǒu hòugù zhī yōu le. With someone to care for the child, she can work without worries behind her.
- 把家里的事安排好，出远门就没有后顾之忧了。 Bǎ jiā lǐ de shì ānpái hǎo, chū yuǎnmén jiù méiyǒu hòugù zhī yōu le. Once things at home are arranged, you can travel far without worrying.
Related words
- 后 hòu behind, after
- 后边 hòubian back, behind
- 后天 hòutiān the day after tomorrow
- 最后 zuìhòu last; finally
- 后来 hòulái later; afterward
- 今后 jīnhòu from now on; in the future
- 然后 ránhòu then; after that
- 以后 yǐhòu later; after
- 背后 bèihòu behind; behind one's back
- 后果 hòuguǒ consequences
- 后面 hòumiàn behind; the back
- 后年 hòunián the year after next