後患無窮 [后－无穷]

Jyutping hau6 waan6 mou4 kung4
Pinyin hòu huàn wú qióng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. it will cause no end of trouble (idiom)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    做​完一樣​嘢​之​後​，​為​日後帶​嚟​嘅​手​尾​可​謂​數​之​不​盡
    with no end of trouble in the future; the devil to pay; literally "disastrous after-effects are endless"
    • 放虎歸山，後患無窮。
      放虎归山，后患无穷。
      fong3 fu2 gwai1 saan1, hau6 waan6 mou4 kung4.
      Sowing the seeds of calamity will lead to no end of trouble in the future.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    to have endless future troubles and calamities
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    后患无穷
    後患無窮
    hau6 waan6 mou4 kung4
    • with no end of trouble in the future
  2. Cantonese
    放虎归山，后患无穷。
    放虎歸山，後患無窮。
    fong3 fu2 gwai1 saan1, hau6 waan6 mou4 kung4.
    • Sowing the seeds of calamity will lead to no end of trouble in the future.
  3. Cantonese
    呢个人心术不正，最好保持距离，唔系后患无穷。
    呢個人心術不正，最好保持距離，唔係後患無窮。
    ni1 go3 jan4 sam1 seot6 bat1 zing3, zeoi3 hou2 bou2 ci4 keoi5 lei4, m4 hai6 hau6 waan6 mou4 kung4.
    • This guy is wicked. Keep distance or it will cause no end of trouble.