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after; behind / (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
HSK 4
to leave behind / to stay behind / to remain / to keep / not to let (sb) go
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *掉* | 掉* | *掉
to fall / to drop / to lag behind / to lose / to go missing / to reduce / fall (in prices) / to lose (value, weight etc) / to wag / to swing / to turn / to change / to exchange / to swap / to show off / to shed (hair) / (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
HSK 2
the back; the rear; the last bit / behind; near the end; at the back / later; afterwards
HSK 3
the back; the rear; the last bit / behind; near the end; at the back / later; afterwards
HSK 1
to fall behind / to lag (in technology etc) / backward / to retrogress
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *後* | 後* | *後
back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post-
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *落* | 落* | *落
to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement
HSK 4
in arrears / behind in payments / to default on one's debts
HSK 7-9
turning one's back to (sth or sb) / keeping sth secret from (sb) / keeping (one's hands) behind one's back
HSK 6
(of trains etc) late / delayed / behind schedule / light dinner
HSK 4
to lag behind
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *落* | 落* | *落
to leave out / to be missing / to leave behind or forget to bring / to lag or fall behind
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *閃* | 閃* | *閃
to dodge / to duck out of the way / to beat it / shaken (by a fall) / to sprain / to pull a muscle / lightning / spark / a flash / to flash (across one's mind) / to leave behind / (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine
HSK 4
behind / the back / the rear / later / afterwards / (in) the future
HSK 4
inside story / non-public information / behind the scenes / internal
HSK 7-9
second only to ...; ranking behind only ...
HSK 7-9
(dialect) cricket (insect) / (slang) to whisper gossip behind sb's back
(of a ghost) to make strange things happen / to act up / to act behind the scenes / to make mischief / odd / to misbehave (euphemism for having sex)
modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind (quote of Mao Zedong)
secretly / in private / behind someone's back
goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.
behind / at the back / in the rear / behind sb's back
HSK 3
backstage area / behind-the-scenes supporter / (computing) back-end / background
HSK 7-9
to fall behind / to drop out
HSK 7-9
behind the scenes
HSK 7-9
(idiom) not want to be outdone / not content to lag behind
classical story or quote from the literature / the story behind sth
(idiom) to compete to be first; to scramble to get ahead; to rush forward for fear of falling behind
HSK 7-9
goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.
thrown into prison / behind bars
lit. an easy drive on a familiar path (idiom); fig. experience makes progress easy / a task that is so familiar one can do it with one's hand tied behind one's back
with one's hands clasped behind one's back
lit. smell of breast milk not yet dried (idiom) / fig. immature and inexperienced; still wet behind the ears
decrepit and behind the times; old; useless / (humble) I; me (used by the elderly)
(idiom) not want to be outdone / not content to lag behind
slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
to select sb for a position without announcing the decision until later / to decide behind closed doors / all cut and dried
lit. to fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind (idiom) / fig. to be full of needless fears / reds under the beds
to stay behind to take care of things
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *甩* | 甩* | *甩
to throw / to fling / to swing / to leave behind / to throw off / to dump (sb)
HSK 7-9
(proverb) a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study
(fig.) malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes / hidden hand / (Tw) mechanic / blue-collar worker / manual laborer
HSK 7-9
inner area (of a place that has an outer area) / the kitchen of a restaurant (as opposed to the dining area) / infield (baseball etc) / (Chinese opera) the area behind the table on the stage
to turn a hand over / to put one's hand behind one's back / fig. easily done
goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it / also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛
meaning behind the words / what sb really means to say / one's intentions as revealed in one's words / tone of speech
lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孫山|孙山 (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom) / fig. to fail an exam / to fall behind (in a competition)
less advanced / underdeveloped / lagging behind / the younger generation / the less experienced ones
backlighting; light coming from behind the subject (esp. in photography)
to conceal / to hide behind / to cover up
HSK 7-9
to leave behind / to hand down
HSK 7-9
study is like rowing upstream – if you don't keep pushing forward, you fall behind
to tail behind / to tag along / to follow on the heels of
malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes / hidden hand
with one's hands behind one's back
with hands behind one's back / trussed
the rear / far behind the front line
intangible changes / unnoticed transformation / changes behind the scenes
to discuss / reason (behind sth)
HSK 7-9
driving force behind sth
lit. a good horse doesn't turn around and graze the same patch again (idiom) / fig. once you've moved on, don't go back again (romantic relationship, job etc) / leave the past behind
(music) a half-beat behind / (fig.) rather slow (in performing a task, comprehending etc)
to fall behind the ranks / to be outdated
wake (trailing behind a ship, airplane etc) / slipstream
(slang) (usu. of a woman) sb who looks stunning from behind / sb who has a great figure but not necessarily an attractive face / abbr. to 背殺|背杀
to criticize behind sb's back / back-biting
to criticize behind sb's back / back-biting
goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
man behind the mirror / puppet master / string puller
to leave behind (inadvertently) / to forget / to omit / to leave out
to pull strings / to manipulate (a puppet) / to control from behind the scene / to mediate
to be overdue / to fail to meet a deadline / to be behind in doing sth
HSK 7-9
some deeper meaning in this / more to it than meets the eye / there's sth behind all this
not on time / late (public transport, airlines) / overdue / behind schedule / delayed
"left-behind children", rural children whose parents have to make a living as migrant workers in distant urban areas, but cannot afford to keep the family with them
to follow closely behind sb or sth (idiom)
hidden snap fastener (concealed behind a flap on a garment)
to give it your all / to go at it with all you've got / to throw your whole weight behind it / also pr. [hun2 shen1 jie3 shu4]
trussed / with hands tied behind the back
to swagger off / to walk off (or drive off etc) without a second thought for those left behind
to tag along behind / to follow sb closely
(slang) (usu. of a woman) sb who looks stunning from behind / sb who has a great figure but not necessarily an attractive face / abbr. for 背影殺手|背影杀手
lit. to open a room / fig. to settle in a quiet room / behind closed doors
to be behind bars
(idiom) to lead the pack by a wide margin; to leave one's competitors trailing behind in one's dust
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *撂* | 撂* | *撂
to put down / to leave behind / to throw or knock down / to abandon or discard
(military) the enemy's rear / behind enemy lines
goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
to stay behind (after class) / to be given detention / detention
to suffer a defeat / to fail / to fall behind
to follow along behind sb (formal writing)
lit. to get shackled and thrown in jail (idiom) / fig. to be put behind bars / to get jailed
to manipulate from behind the scenes / to pull the strings
to bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck / to truss up
(idiom) young and inexperienced; wet behind the ears
to juggle with words (dishonestly) / to be a hypocrite and hide behind florid rhetoric
(slang) to be behind bars
the time after one's death / a place behind sb / (fig.) one's social background
to stick one's head out (from behind sth); to pop one's head in (through a window etc) / probe; sensor

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