# 后顾之忧 (hòugùzhīyōu)

In Mandarin Chinese, 后顾之忧 (hòugùzhīyōu) means “worries about the future”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: worries about the future
- Pinyin: hòugùzhīyōu (hou4 gu4 zhi1 you1)
- Traditional: 後顧之憂
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 买了保险就没有后顾之忧了。
  Mǎile bǎoxiǎn jiù méiyǒu hòugùzhīyōule.
  Having insurance leaves us with no worries about the future.

## Characters

- [后](https://hanziro.com/word/hou-after/) (hòu): after; behind
- [顾](https://hanziro.com/word/gu-look-after/) (gù): to look after; to care for
- [之](https://hanziro.com/word/zhi-possessive-marker/) (zhī): (particle) possessive marker; him, her, it
- 忧 (yōu): to worry; to concern oneself with

https://hanziro.com/word/hou-gu-zhi-you-worries-about-future/

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