to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future; to ponder over reasons and connection
trad. 思前想後
Also written 思前想後【sī qián xiǎng hòu】
Characters in this word
4思
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to think, to consider
- Pinyin
- sī
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 11952 of 2500
前
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front, forward, ahead, first, top (followed by a number), future, ago, before, BC (e.g. 前293年), former, formerly
- Pinyin
- qián
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 256 of 2500
想
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to think (about), to think of; to devise, to think (that); to believe (that), to desire; to want (to), to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
- Pinyin
- xiǎng
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 29 of 2500
后
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surname Hou
- Pinyin
- Hòu
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 233 of 2500