WordTaiwan frequency #15,196
後顧之憂
ㄏㄡˋ ㄍㄨˋ ㄓ ㄧㄡ
“worries about what may happen at home or behind one's back while away; lingering anxieties about the rear or the future”
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後
ㄏㄡˋ
Behind or after in space or time; later; subsequent; future; descendants; the last part; surname.
顧
ㄍㄨˋ
to look after; to consider; to attend to; to look back; to visit; surname Gu; sometimes used as an adverb meaning 'instead' or 'how can it be'.
之
ㄓ
Possessive particle, similar to 的; pronoun for him, her, it, them; verb meaning to go; preposition indicating location or relation.
憂
ㄧㄡ
To worry or be anxious about something; sorrow or grief; sadness; a cause for worry; (literary) mourning for parents; illness.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 之後ㄓ ㄏㄡˋafter; afterwards; since then; later; from that time on.
- 最後ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄡˋfinal; last; coming after all others in time or order; in the end; finally
- 然後ㄖㄢˊ ㄏㄡˋthen; after that; afterwards; next
- 之間ㄓ ㄐㄧㄢbetween; among; amid; used after nouns or certain bisyllabic words to indicate a short period of time
- 後來ㄏㄡˋ ㄌㄞˊafterwards; later; subsequently; after a while; in the future; those who arrive later; newcomers
- 之前ㄓ ㄑㄧㄢˊbefore; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand; earlier than a given time.
- 以後ㄧˇ ㄏㄡˋafter; later; afterwards; from now on; in the future.
- 照顧ㄓㄠˋ ㄍㄨˋto take care of; to look after; to attend to; to show consideration; (in Taiwan) to patronize a shop
- 之外ㄓ ㄨㄞˋoutside; beyond; excluding; other than; apart from.
- 之中ㄓ ㄓㄨㄥinside; among; in the midst of; during.
- 之下ㄓ ㄒㄧㄚˋunder; beneath; less than; in a lower position or condition
- 後面the back; the rear; behind; near the end; later; afterwards