思前想后

思前想後

sīqián-xiǎnghòu

idiom HSK 7-9 #45,887

Meanings

Literally 'think before, think after' - mulling over every angle

HSK 3

他思前想后也想不出好办法。

Tā sīqián-xiǎnghòu yě xiǎng bù chū hǎo bànfǎ.

No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't come up with a good solution.

HSK 5

她思前想后，最终决定辞职。

Tā sīqián-xiǎnghòu, zuìzhōng juédìng cízhí.

After much deliberation, she finally decided to resign.

memory

Picture someone pacing back and forth (前 forward, 后 backward), lost in thought - that restless deliberation is 思前想后.

思 sī

前 qián

想 xiǎng

后 hòu