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人無遠慮，必有近憂
简 人无远虑，必有近忧 · 繁 人無遠慮，必有近憂Mandarin · pinyin rén wú yuǎn lǜ , bì yǒu jìn yōu
Meanings
- He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects).
- Smug concentration on the here and now will lead to future sorrow.
Characters in this entry
- 人
- rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
- 無
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- 遠
- yuǎn · distant, remote, far; profound
- 慮
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- 必
- bì · surely, most certainly; must
- 有
- yǒu · have, own, possess; exist
- 近
- jìn · near, close; approach; intimate
- 憂
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- 无
- wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
- 远
- yuǎn · distant, remote, far; profound
- 虑
- lǜ · be concerned, worry about
- 忧
- yōu · sad, grieved; grief, melancholy
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jan4 mou4 jyun5 leoi6 ，bit1 jau5 gan6 jau1
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