瞻前顧後

Chinese

		gaze; view	front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward	look after; take into consideration; to attend to	back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later
trad. (瞻前顧後)		瞻	前	顧	後
simp. (瞻前顾后)		瞻	前	顾	后
Literally: “to look ahead and behind”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhānqiángùhòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄢ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄍㄨˋ ㄏㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zim¹ cin⁴ gu³ hau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhānqiángùhòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄢ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄍㄨˋ ㄏㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhanciángùhòu
    • Wade–Giles: chan¹-chʻien²-ku⁴-hou⁴
    • Yale: jān-chyán-gù-hòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: janchyanguhhow
    • Palladius: чжаньцяньгухоу (čžanʹcjanʹguxou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ku⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zim¹ cin⁴ gu³ hau⁶
    • Yale: jīm chìhn gu hauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzim¹ tsin⁴ gu³ hau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jim¹ qin⁴ gu³ heo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹ kuː³³ hɐu̯²²/

Idiom

瞻前顧後

1. to be overcautious and indecisive