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人无远虑，必有近忧

rén wú yuǎn lǜ , bì yǒu jìn yōu

9-character word Traditional 人無遠慮，必有近憂

What 人无远虑，必有近忧 means

1. He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects).
2. Smug concentration on the here and now will lead to future sorrow.

The characters in 人无远虑，必有近忧

• 人rénperson; people
• 无wúnot to have; no; none
• 远yuǎnfar; distant; remote
• 虑lǜto think over; to consider; anxiety
• 必bìcertainly; must; will
• 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
• 近jìnnear; close to; approximately
• 忧yōuto worry; to concern oneself with; worried