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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *后* | 后* | *后
empress / queen / (archaic) monarch / ruler
HSK 1
hereafter / henceforth / in the future / from now on
HSK 2
after; behind / (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
HSK 4
after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future
HSK 2
the back; the rear; the last bit / behind; near the end; at the back / later; afterwards
HSK 3
afterwards; later / newly arrived
HSK 2
consequences / aftermath
HSK 3
the back; the rear; the last bit / behind; near the end; at the back / later; afterwards
HSK 1
after the event / in hindsight / in retrospect
HSK 6
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
around / from beginning to end / all around / front and rear
HSK 3
then; after that; afterwards
HSK 2
the year after next
HSK 3
the day after tomorrow / life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天) / acquired (not innate or congenital) / a posteriori
HSK 1
final; last; ultimate / finally; in the end
HSK 1
after this / afterwards / hereafter
HSK 5
to lag behind
HSK 7-9
behind / the back / the rear / later / afterwards / (in) the future
HSK 4
to regret; to feel remorse
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *后* | 后* | *后
surname Hou
early or late; first and last; priority / in succession; one after another
HSK 5
queen / CL: 個|个,
HSK 6
soon after
HSK 5
to advance dauntlessly in wave upon wave (idiom)
HSK 7-9
the Last Supper (in the Christian Passion story)
descendant
HSK 7-9
from now on / in the future / time to come
HSK 6
eumetazoa / subkingdom of animals excluding sponges
after the event
HSK 6
modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind (quote of Mao Zedong)
people born between 1995-01-01 and 1999-12-31 / Gen Z (abbr. for 95後|95 + 00後|00)
behind / at the back / in the rear / behind sb's back
HSK 3
to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future / to ponder over reasons and connection
HSK 7-9
empress / imperial consort
HSK 7-9
90s generation
from now on / henceforward
HSK 7-9
Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu 媽祖|妈祖 / Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name)
backstage area / behind-the-scenes supporter / (computing) back-end / background
HSK 7-9
context / the surrounding words / same as 上下文
Cassiopeia (constellation)
behind the scenes
HSK 7-9
trunk / boot (of a car)
HSK 7-9
to recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat
HSK 7-9
(idiom) not want to be outdone / not content to lag behind
(idiom) in order of arrival; first come, first served
Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (1835-1908), regent 1861-1908
support / backing
HSK 7-9
later generation
HSK 7-9
in a little while; shortly after
HSK 7-9
(lit.) to enter through the back door / (fig.) to pull strings; to use connections / (fig.) (slang) to have anal sex
HSK 7-9
digestif
reserve; backup
HSK 7-9
logistics
HSK 7-9
striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another
HSK 7-9
afternoon
there are three ways to be unfilial; having no sons is the worst (from Mencius 孟子)
next / later / after that
HSK 7-9
Houbi, a district in Tainan 台南, Taiwan
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"
HSK 7-9
to be the first to worry about affairs of state, and the last to enjoy oneself (quotation from the essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记 by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹)
after tax
Houhai, a lake and the area surrounding it in central Beijing
descendant; progeny / posterity; later ages; later generations
HSK 7-9
(idiom) not want to be outdone / not content to lag behind
follow-up / (dialect) to remarry
HSK 7-9
History of Eastern Han (later Han), third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed by Fan Ye 范曄|范晔 in 445 during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋, 120 scrolls
lit. to fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind (idiom) / fig. to be full of needless fears / reds under the beds
to push back (progress, the times etc)
grave consequence; serious repercussion
think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance
the latter
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to have qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking
undisclosed account / to settle matters later / to blame sb after the event
backyard / imperial harem / (slang) anus
lit. peaceful measures before using force (idiom) / fig. diplomacy before violence; jaw-jaw is better than war-war
sometime / someday (in the future)
HSK 7-9
after-sales service
acquired (characteristic etc)
(proverb) a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study
(medicine) sequelae / residual effects / (fig.) repercussions / aftermath
HSK 7-9
have a smoke after each meal and you will surpass the immortals (proverb)
(Chinese chess) moving the cannon after moving the horse away / (fig.) a useless action or comment; sth done after it's too late
HSK 7-9
rear court / back garden / backyard (also fig.)
sequential order
lit. to look forward and back (idiom) / fig. to consider carefully; to weigh the pros and cons / fig. to be overcautious and indecisive
to sway to and fro / to rock back and forth
HSK 7-9
the kitchen area of a restaurant
too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.
one falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades / advancing wave upon wave
less advanced / underdeveloped / lagging behind / the younger generation / the less experienced ones
deadline / final time limit (for project)
late stage / later period
HSK 7-9
to deal with the aftermath (arising from an accident) / funeral arrangements / reparations
malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes / hidden hand
lit. trailing dust / fig. sb's footsteps / course in life
young generation / youth / young man
to come late and leave first / last in, first out (LIFO)
after a catastrophe / post-traumatic
postpartum depression

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