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HSK 3.0 Level 6

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Definitions

  1. 1. to look after
  2. 2. to take into consideration
  3. 3. to attend to

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 902044)

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Words Containing 顾

顾影自怜
gù yǐng zì lián

lit. looking at one's shadow and feeling sorry for oneself (idiom)

不顾大局
bù gù dà jú

to give no consideration to the bigger picture (usually implying selfishness)

顾念
gù niàn

to care for

不屑一顾
bù xiè yī gù

to disdain as beneath contempt (idiom)

总法律顾问
zǒng fǎ lǜ gù wèn

general counsel

顾盼自雄
gù pàn zì xióng

to strut about feeling complacent (idiom)

顾及
gù jí

to take into consideration

统筹兼顾
tǒng chóu jiān gù

an overall plan taking into account all factors

予以照顾
yǔ yǐ zhào gù

to ask sb to carefully consider a request (idiom)

顾忌
gù jì

to have misgivings

回顾展
huí gù zhǎn

retrospective (exhibition)

左顾右盼
zuǒ gù yòu pàn

glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around

义无反顾
yì wú fǎn gù

honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom); duty-bound not to turn back

三顾茅庐
sān gù máo lú

lit. three humble visits to a thatched cottage

顾此失彼
gù cǐ shī bǐ

lit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom)

顾虑
gù lǜ

misgivings

顾名思义
gù míng sī yì

as the name implies

惠顾
huì gù

your patronage

死活不顾
sǐ huó bù gù

regardless of life or death (idiom)

枉顾
wǎng gù

to neglect

顾虑
gù lǜ

misgivings

回顾历史
huí gù lì shǐ

to look back at history

顾不得
gù bu de

unable to change sth

乏人照顾
fá rén zhào gù

(of a person) left unattended

顾客至上
gù kè zhì shàng

the customer reigns supreme (idiom)

不管不顾
bù guǎn bù gù

to pay scant regard to (sth)

顾不上
gù bu shàng

cannot attend to or manage

回顾
huí gù

to look back

顾家
gù jiā

to take care of one's family

看顾
kàn gù

to watch over

顾眄
gù miǎn

to turn one's head and look around

顾客
gù kè

customer; client

照顾
zhào gu

to take care of

顾恺之
gù kǎi zhī

Gu Kaizhi or Ku K'aichih (346-407), famous painter of Eastern Jin dynasty, one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家

奋不顾身
fèn bù gù shēn

to dash on bravely with no thought of personal safety (idiom); undaunted by dangers

顾盼
gù pàn

(literary) to look around

王顾左右而言他
wáng gù zuǒ yòu ér yán tā

the king looked left and right and then talked of other things

顾炎武
gù yán wǔ

Gu Yanwu (1613-1682), late Ming and early Qing Confucian philosopher, linguist and historian, played a founding role in phonology of early Chinese, author of Rizhilu or Record of daily study 日知錄|日知录

顾问
gù wèn

adviser

只顾
zhǐ gù

solely preoccupied (with one thing)

四顾
sì gù

to look around

光顾
guāng gù

to visit (as a customer)

后顾之忧
hòu gù zhī yōu

fears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action)

瞻顾
zhān gù

to look forward and back cautiously

自顾自
zì gù zì

each minding his own business

兼顾
jiān gù

to attend simultaneously to two or more things

不顾一切
bù gù yī qiè

to disregard all negative considerations; to cast aside all concerns

顾全大局
gù quán dà jú

to take the big picture into consideration (idiom)

公私兼顾
gōng sī jiān gù

to adequately take into account both public and private interests

狼顾
láng gù

to look over one's shoulder constantly (like a wolf)

反顾
fǎn gù

to glance back

环顾
huán gù

to look around

行不顾言
xíng bù gù yán

to say one thing and do another (idiom)

顾全
gù quán

to give careful consideration to

不顾前后
bù gù qián hòu

regardless of what's before or after (idiom); rushing blindly into sth

顾惜
gù xī

to take loving care of

环顾四周
huán gù sì zhōu

to look around

眷顾
juàn gù

to care for

悍然不顾
hàn rán bù gù

outrageous and unconventional (idiom); flying in the face of (authority, convention, public opinion etc)

自顾不暇
zì gù bù xiá

(idiom) to have one's hands full managing one's own affairs

不顾
bù gù

in spite of; regardless of

顾野王
gù yě wáng

Gu Yewang (519-581), historian and an interpreter of classical texts, editor of Yupian 玉篇[yù piān]

瞻前顾后
zhān qián gù hòu

lit. to look forward and back (idiom)

主顾
zhǔ gù

client