後患無窮

Chinese

		future trouble; later calamity; disaster later on	to be endless; to be boundless; to be inexhaustible to be endless; to be boundless; to be inexhaustible; infinity
trad. (後患無窮)		後患	無窮
simp. (后患无穷)		后患	无穷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hòuhuànwúqióng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄨˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ waan⁶ mou⁴ kung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hòuhuànwúqióng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄨˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòuhuànwúcyóng
    • Wade–Giles: hou⁴-huan⁴-wu²-chʻiung²
    • Yale: hòu-hwàn-wú-chyúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howhuannwuchyong
    • Palladius: хоухуаньуцюн (xouxuanʹucjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯än⁵¹ u³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau⁶ waan⁶ mou⁴ kung⁴
    • Yale: hauh waahn mòuh kùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ waan⁶ mou⁴ kung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ wan⁶ mou⁴ kung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² waːn²² mou̯²¹ kʰʊŋ²¹/

Idiom

後患無窮

1. to have endless future troubles and calamities