antecedents and consequences;cause and effect; the entire process ❍ 又有一副对联，大书云：过去未来，莫谓智贤能打破；～，须知亲近不相逢。(《红楼梦》1481) Another couplet on the two sides read: Even sages cannot change the past and future; |Causes and effects tear the closest kin apart. ❍ 昔非今是，一切休论；后果前因，彼此不爽。(《三国演义》663) Let us not discuss former wrong doings nor present correct actions. Later events are the inevitable result of former causes.
前因后果
cause and effect; the entire process
前因后果qián yīn hòu ɡuǒ
起因和结果。比喻事情的全过程。cause and effect, the entire process, antecedents and consequences