人無遠慮，必有近憂 rén wú yuǎn lǜ ， bì yǒu jìn yōu

No long-term plan brings near trouble

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. Smug concentration on the here and now will lead to future sorrow.
  2. 2. He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects).

Characters

Character Meaning
人 rén HSK 1
person; people; man
無 wú
not; no; not to have
遠 yuǎn
far; distant; remote
慮 lǜ
to consider; to think over; anxiety
必 bì HSK 3
must; necessarily; certainly
有 yǒu HSK 1
to have; there is; there are
近 jìn HSK 2
near; close to; approximately
憂 yōu
to worry; worried; anxiety