瞻前顧後

to look forward and back / to consider prudently / overcautious
lit. to look forward and back (idiom) / fig. to consider carefully; to weigh the pros and cons / fig. to be overcautious and indecisive

Characters and words in 瞻前顧後

to gaze / to view

= + : James II of England (zh) is admiring (瞻) and gazing at (瞻) James Bond (詹) in front of the anthill (an1) after his excellent (詹) victory. To make sure James Bond gets enough attention he also has the Eye of Providence (目) gaze at James Bond.
front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly

= + : The Queen of Hearts is smoking some weed just inside the anthill's kitchen. She's so high that she thinks the lamp in front of her is the moon which wants to stab her with a kitchen knife.

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a front panel.
surname Gu

= + : GItta Giraffe is sick and has to stay in bed in the space station's bathroom. A Greek nymph is taking care of her; there are many sheets of paper floating around as the nymph is even taking care of Gitta's taxes.
to look after / to take into consideration / to attend to

= + : GItta Giraffe is sick and has to stay in bed in the space station's bathroom. A Greek nymph is taking care of her; there are many sheets of paper floating around as the nymph is even taking care of Gitta's taxes.
back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post-

= + 𠮛 : Mnemonic symbol: Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra. Zenobia (后) and Hamlet (h) want to bake banana bread in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4), but they don't know how. Behind (后) a banana tree (⺁) they study a scroll (𠮛) on which the recipe is written.

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