远虑

遠慮

yuǎnlǜ

noun #91,642

Meanings

1 long-term considerations
2 foresight
3 thinking ahead

Characters

consider, ponder

Examples

人无远虑，必有近忧。

Rén wú yuǎnlǜ, bì yǒu jìn yōu.

A person without long-term thinking will have immediate troubles.

做决定要有一些远虑。

Zuò juédìng yào yǒu yīxiē yuǎnlǜ.

You need some foresight when making decisions.

Tips

history

Famously paired in Confucius’s 《论语·卫灵公》: 人无远虑，必有近忧 ("without far-thinking, near worries surely follow") — one of the most quoted lines in Chinese on planning ahead.

Stroke Order

远 yuǎn

虑 lǜ