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Here’s a free resource for learning Chinese. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, useful for various expressions. Today’s topic is 「後顧之憂」, as shown below.

Here, we present the idiom 「後顧之憂」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.

Gu: Look back. Troubles from the rear. It means to worry about problems occurring behind while moving forward.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

hòu gù zhī yōu

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

hau6 gu3 ji1 yau1

With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.