Usage of the character 顧

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

gùbude

顾不得

[顧不得]

unable to change sth
unable to deal with

Gù Kǎizhī

顾恺之

[顧愷之]

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

Gù Yěwáng

顾野王

[顧野王]

Gu Yewang (519-581), historian and an interpreter of classical texts, editor of Yupian 玉篇 ( Yùpiān)

gùbushàng

顾不上

[顧不上]

cannot attend to or manage

zìgùzì

自顾自

[自顧自]

each minding his own business

huígùzhǎn

回顾展

[回顧展]

retrospective (exhibition)

gùmíngsīyì

顾名思义

[顧名思義]

as the name implies

gōngsījiāngù

公私兼顾

[公私兼顧]

to adequately take into account both public and private interests

gùquándàjú

顾全大局

[顧全大局]

to take the big picture into consideration (idiom)
to work for the benefits of all

hòugùzhīyōu

后顾之忧

[後顧之憂]

fears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action)
worries about the future consequences
often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything"

huígùlìshǐ

回顾历史

[回顧歷史]

to look back at history

hànránbùgù

悍然不顾

[悍然不顧]

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

gùyǐngzìlián

顾影自怜

[顧影自憐]

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

bùgùqiánhòu

不顾前后

[不顧前後]

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

fárénzhàogù

乏人照顾

[乏人照顧]

(of a person) left unattended
not cared for

bùgùyīqiè

不顾一切

[不顧一切]

(idiom) to disregard all negative considerations; to cast aside all concerns

gùcǐshībǐ

顾此失彼

[顧此失彼]

lit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom)
fig. to be unable to manage two or more things at once
cannot pay attention to one thing without neglecting the other

sǐhuóbùgù

死活不顾

[死活不顧]

regardless of life or death (idiom)

zìgùbùxiá

自顾不暇

[自顧不暇]

(idiom) to have one's hands full managing one's own affairs
too busy to spare time for anything extra

bùgùdàjú

不顾大局

[不顧大局]

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

xíngbùgùyán

行不顾言

[行不顧言]

to say one thing and do another (idiom)

zuǒgùyòupàn

左顾右盼

[左顧右盼]

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

zhānqiángùhòu

瞻前顾后

[瞻前顧後]

lit. to look forward and back (idiom)
fig. to consider carefully; to weigh the pros and cons
fig. to be overcautious and indecisive

yǔyǐzhàogù

予以照顾

[予以照顧]

to ask sb to carefully consider a request (idiom)

sāngùmáolú

三顾茅庐

[三顧茅廬]

lit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom) (allusion to an episode in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義／三国演义 ( Sānguó Yǎnyì) in which Liu Bei 劉備／刘备 ( Liú Bèi) recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮／诸葛亮 ( Zhūgě Liàng) to his cause by visiting him three times)
fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb

gùpànzìxióng

顾盼自雄

[顧盼自雄]