后患

後患

hòuhuàn

noun #30,788

Meanings

1 future trouble
2 lasting consequences (of something done badly or left unresolved)

Characters

trouble, calamity

Examples

HSK 5

现在不处理，将来必有后患。

Xiànzài bù chǔlǐ, jiānglái bì yǒu hòuhuàn.

If we don't deal with it now, there will surely be trouble down the line.

HSK 7-9

斩草要除根，否则后患无穷。

Zhǎn cǎo yào chú gēn, fǒuzé hòuhuàn-wúqióng.

When cutting weeds you must dig out the roots, or there will be endless future trouble.

Tips

usage

Almost always appears in fixed expressions: 后患无穷 ('endless future trouble') and 以绝后患 ('to eliminate future trouble'). The latter is the standard reason given when finishing off an enemy in wuxia and historical fiction.

Stroke Order

后 hòu

患 huàn