后顾之忧 hòugùzhīyōu in a sentence
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"†
后顾之忧 (hòugùzhīyōu) means 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" †. Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
家里安排好了，他就没有 后顾之忧 了。
Jiā lǐ ānpái hǎo le, tā jiù méiyǒu hòugùzhīyōu le.
With things settled at home he had no worries left behind him.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 后顾之忧
公司解决了住房问题，员工没了 后顾之忧 。
Gōngsī jiějué le zhùfáng wèntí, yuángōng méi le hòugùzhīyōu.
The company sorted out housing, so staff no longer had that worry hanging over them.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 后顾之忧
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How is 后顾之忧 used in a sentence?
This page shows 2 sentences using 后顾之忧 (hòugùzhīyōu, "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" †"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
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Is 后顾之忧 an HSK word?
Yes — 后顾之忧 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
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