思前想后 (思前想後)
sī qián xiǎng hòu
Pinyin
Definition
思前想后 (思前想後)
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- to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future
- to ponder over reasons and connection
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 front
- 2 forward
- 3 ahead
- 4 first
- 5 top (followed by a number)
- 6 future
- 7 ago
- 8 before
- 9 BC (e.g. 前293年)
- 10 former
- 11 formerly
- 1 to think
- 2 to believe
- 3 to suppose
- 4 to wish
- 5 to want
- 6 to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
- 1 before
- 2 prior to
- 3 ago
- 4 previously
- 5 beforehand
- 1 before
- 2 formerly
- 3 previous
- 4 ago
- 1 previous generations
- 2 previous incarnation (Buddhism)
Idioms (20)
一往无前
- 1 to advance courageously (idiom)
- 2 to press forward
一门心思
- 1 to set one's heart on sth (idiom)
三思而后行
- 1 think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance
三思而行
- 1 think three times then go (idiom); don't act before you've thought it through carefully
不假思索
- 1 to act without taking time to think (idiom); to react instantly
- 2 to fire from the hip