后顾之忧

後顧之憂
hòugùzhīyōu
  1. fears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action)
  2. worries about the future consequences
  3. often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything"

CEDICT

Entry Composition

=1 后 hòu
  1. empress
  2. queen
  3. (archaic) monarch
  4. ruler
=1 后 hòu
  1. back
  2. behind
  3. rear
  4. afterwards
  5. after
  6. later
  7. post-
2 顾 gù to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to
3 之 zhī
  1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de)
  2. him
  3. her
  4. it
4 忧 yōu
  1. to worry
  2. to concern oneself with
  3. worried
  4. anxiety
  5. sorrow
  6. (literary) to observe mourning