瞻前顾后
zhān qián gù hòu
Pinyin

Definition

瞻前顾后
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zhān qián gù hòu
  1. to look forward and back
  2. to consider prudently
  3. overcautious

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

之前
zhī qián
  1. 1 before
  2. 2 prior to
  3. 3 ago
  4. 4 previously
  5. 5 beforehand
以前
yǐ qián
  1. 1 before
  2. 2 formerly
  3. 3 previous
  4. 4 ago
前
qián
  1. 1 front
  2. 2 forward
  3. 3 ahead
  4. 4 first
  5. 5 top (followed by a number)
  6. 6 future
  7. 7 ago
  8. 8 before
  9. 9 BC (e.g. 前293年)
  10. 10 former
  11. 11 formerly
前世
qián shì
  1. 1 previous generations
  2. 2 previous incarnation (Buddhism)
前来
qián lái
  1. 1 to come (formal)
  2. 2 before
  3. 3 previously
前夕
qián xī
  1. 1 eve
  2. 2 the day before
前夜
qián yè
  1. 1 the eve
  2. 2 the night before
前天
qián tiān
  1. 1 the day before yesterday
前奏
qián zòu
  1. 1 prelude
  2. 2 presage
前妻
qián qī
  1. 1 ex-wife
  2. 2 late wife
前年
qián nián
  1. 1 the year before last
前往
qián wǎng
  1. 1 to leave for
  2. 2 to proceed towards
  3. 3 to go
前后
qián hòu
  1. 1 around
  2. 2 from beginning to end
  3. 3 all around
  4. 4 front and rear
前所未有
qián suǒ wèi yǒu
  1. 1 unprecedented
前提
qián tí
  1. 1 premise
  2. 2 precondition
  3. 3 prerequisite
前方
qián fāng
  1. 1 ahead
  2. 2 the front
前景
qián jǐng
  1. 1 foreground
  2. 2 vista
  3. 3 (future) prospects
  4. 4 perspective
前期
qián qī
  1. 1 preceding period
  2. 2 early stage
前程
qián chéng
  1. 1 future (career etc) prospects
前者
qián zhě
  1. 1 the former

Idioms (20)

一往无前
yī wǎng wú qián
  1. 1 to advance courageously (idiom)
  2. 2 to press forward
不听老人言，吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
  1. 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
不顾前后
bù gù qián hòu
  1. 1 regardless of what's before or after (idiom); rushing blindly into sth
五百年前是一家
wǔ bǎi nián qián shì yī jiā
  1. 1 five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname)
停滞不前
tíng zhì bù qián
  1. 1 stuck and not moving forward (idiom); stagnant
  2. 2 in a rut
  3. 3 at a standstill
光前裕后
guāng qián yù hòu
  1. 1 to bring honor to one's ancestors and benefit future generations (idiom)
前不着村，后不着店
qián bù zháo cūn , hòu bù zháo diàn
  1. 1 lit. no village ahead and no inn behind (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be stranded in the middle of nowhere
  3. 3 to be in a predicament
前不见古人，后不见来者
qián bù jiàn gǔ rén , hòu bù jiàn lái zhě
  1. 1 unique
  2. 2 unprecedented (idiom)
前世姻缘
qián shì yīn yuán
  1. 1 a marriage predestined in a former life (idiom)
前事不忘，后事之师
qián shì bù wàng , hòu shì zhī shī
  1. 1 don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom); benefit from past experience
前人栽树，后人乘凉
qián rén zāi shù , hòu rén chéng liáng
  1. 1 to enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom)
前仆后继
qián pū hòu jì
  1. 1 one falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades
  2. 2 advancing wave upon wave
前倨后恭
qián jù hòu gōng
  1. 1 to switch from arrogance to deference (idiom)
前功尽弃
qián gōng jìn qì
  1. 1 to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom)
  2. 2 all that has been achieved goes down the drain
前因后果
qián yīn hòu guǒ
  1. 1 cause and effects (idiom); entire process of development
前怕狼后怕虎
qián pà láng hòu pà hǔ
  1. 1 lit. to fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be full of needless fears
  3. 3 reds under the beds
前缘未了
qián yuán wèi liǎo
  1. 1 one's predestined fate is yet to be fulfilled (idiom)
前赴后继
qián fù hòu jì
  1. 1 to advance dauntlessly in wave upon wave (idiom)
前车之覆，后车之鉴
qián chē zhī fù , hòu chē zhī jiàn
  1. 1 lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor
  2. 2 learn from past mistake
  3. 3 once bitten twice shy
前车之鉴
qián chē zhī jiàn
  1. 1 to learn a lesson from the mistakes of one's predecessor (idiom)

Sample Sentences

来了，这第三种呢就是无尾熊型老板。他是老好人，最怕起冲突。能比较容易愉快和睦地相处，就是要注意老板瞻前顾后的个性。
lái le ，zhè dì sān zhǒng ne jiùshì wúwěixióng xíng lǎobǎn 。tā shì lǎohǎorén ，zuì pà qǐ chōngtú 。néng bǐjiào róngyì yúkuài hémù de xiāngchǔ ，jiùshì yào zhùyì lǎobǎn zhānqiángùhòu de gèxìng 。
Now we're coming to it. This third kind of boss is- The Koala. He's a good kind of chap that really fears conflict. You can get along with them easily, happily and harmoniously, but you just have to be careful of your boss' overcautious personality.
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怎么你这个贪玩的夜猫子也变得瞻前顾后了！
zěnme nǐ zhège tānwán de yèmāozi yě biànde zhānqiángùhòu le ！
Even a playful night owl like you have become so careful!
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投资总是有风险啊，如果凡事都这么悲观、瞻前顾后的，那不就什么事都不用做了吗?
tóuzī zǒngshì yǒu fēngxiǎn ā ，rúguǒ fánshì dōu zhème bēiguān 、zhānqiángùhòu de ，nà bù jiù shénme shì dōu bù yòng zuò le ma ?
There is always risk with investment, if you're always so pessimistic and overcautious, you needn't bother doing anything at all.
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