思前想后(sī qián xiǎng hòu): to consider past cause and future effect (idiom)
to consider past cause and future effect (idiom)
Character breakdown
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Word information
- Pinyin
- sī qián xiǎng hòu
- Meaning
- to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future
- HSK level
- HSK 7-9
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- 思前想後
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 思前想后 — tap one to open its word page.
bù不hǎo好yì意si思
HSK 2to feel embarrassed
bù不jiǎ假sī思suǒ索
HSK 7-9(idiom) to act without taking time to think; to react instantly; to fire from the hip
bù不kě可sī思yì议
HSK 7-9(idiom) inconceivable; unimaginable; unfathomable
fǎn反sī思
HSK 7-9to think back over sth
yī一mén门xīn心sī思
to set one's heart on sth (idiom)
sān三sī思ér而xíng行
think three times then go (idiom); don't act before you've thought it through carefully
bù不jiā加sī思suǒ索
see 不假思索[bu4 jia3 si1 suo3]
míng冥sī思kǔ苦xiǎng想
see 苦思冥想[ku3 si1 ming2 xiang3]
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