后顾之忧 |
hòu gù zhī yōu |
fears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action) / worries about the future consequences / often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything" |
后 |
Hòu |
surname Hou |
后 |
hòu |
empress / queen / (archaic) monarch / ruler |
后 |
hòu |
back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post- |
顾 |
Gù |
surname Gu |
顾 |
gù |
to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to |
之 |
zhī |
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) / him / her / it |
忧 |
yōu |
to worry / to concern oneself with / worried / anxiety / sorrow / (literary) to observe mourning |