后顾之忧 (hòu gù zhī yōu)

Character breakdown

• 后 (Hòu) · 6 strokes

  Depicts a queen mother (母) giving birth to her heir (𠫓). Based on the original meaning "heir to the throne". The meaning later expanded to "ruler", "successor", and "after".

• 顾 (Gù) · 10 strokes

  Simplified form of 顧. Phonosemantic compound. 頁 represents the meaning and 雇 represents the sound.

• 之 (zhī) · 3 strokes

  Pictograph of a foot (止) going out of an area. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

• 忧 (yōu) · 7 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 尤 represents the sound. Simplified form of 憂.

Usage

解决了住房问题，他就没有后顾之忧了。

fears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action); worries about the future consequences; often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything"

jiě jué le zhù fáng wèn tí ， tā jiù méi yǒu hòu gù zhī yōu le 。