先憂後楽

せんゆうこうらく

sen-yuukouraku

noun

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worrying before one's people worry, enjoying oneself only after one's people have enjoyed themselves (a precept to be observed by a ruler)(yojijukugo)

Related Kanji

先	before, ahead, previous, future, precedence
憂	melancholy, grieve, lament, be anxious, sad, unhappy
後	behind, back, later
楽	music, comfort, ease