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思前想后

sī qián xiǎng hòu

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 思前想後

思前想后 (sī qián xiǎng hòu) means "to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future; to ponder over reasons and connecti". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 思前想后 means

1. to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future
2. to ponder over reasons and connection

The characters in 思前想后

• 思sīto think; to consider
• 前qiánfront; forward; ahead
• 想xiǎngto think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that)
• 后hòuempress; queen; (archaic) monarch

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