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HSK
after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future
HSK 2
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  *后* | 后* | *后
empress / queen / (archaic) monarch / ruler
HSK 1
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  *后* | 后* | *后
back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post-
HSK 1
behind / the back / the rear / later / afterwards / (in) the future
HSK 4
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
the back; the rear; the last bit / behind; near the end; at the back / later; afterwards
HSK 3
after; behind / (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
HSK 4
to fall behind / to lag (in technology etc) / backward / to retrogress
HSK 3
consequences / aftermath
HSK 3
then; after that; afterwards
HSK 2
around / from beginning to end / all around / front and rear
HSK 3
afterwards; later / newly arrived
HSK 2
to regret; to feel remorse
HSK 5
hereafter / henceforth / in the future / from now on
HSK 2
from now on / in the future / time to come
HSK 6
after the event / in hindsight / in retrospect
HSK 6
early or late; first and last; priority / in succession; one after another
HSK 5
after this / afterwards / hereafter
HSK 5
behind / at the back / in the rear / behind sb's back
HSK 3
the back; the rear; the last bit / behind; near the end; at the back / later; afterwards
HSK 1
from now on / henceforward
HSK 7-9
after the event
HSK 6
final; last; ultimate / finally; in the end
HSK 1
logistics
HSK 7-9
soon after
HSK 5
in a little while; shortly after
HSK 7-9
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  *后* | 后* | *后
surname Hou
the year after next
HSK 3
90s generation
people born between 1995-01-01 and 1999-12-31 / Gen Z (abbr. for 95後|95 + 00後|00)
queen / CL: 個|个,
HSK 6
(medicine) sequelae / residual effects / (fig.) repercussions / aftermath
HSK 7-9
follow-up / (dialect) to remarry
HSK 7-9
there are three ways to be unfilial; having no sons is the worst (from Mencius 孟子)
later generations
after a catastrophe / post-traumatic
next / later / after that
HSK 7-9
descendant; progeny / posterity; later ages; later generations
HSK 7-9
(medicine) tenesmus
military logistics
backstage area / behind-the-scenes supporter / (computing) back-end / background
HSK 7-9
backstrap (of a shoe)
reserve; backup
HSK 7-9
person who is wise after the event
support / backing
HSK 7-9
to lag behind
HSK 7-9
sometime / someday (in the future)
HSK 7-9
striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another
HSK 7-9
empress / imperial consort
HSK 7-9
to stand back / to go back (in time) / to yield / to make concessions
context / the surrounding words / same as 上下文
harem / chambers of imperial concubines
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)
later generation
HSK 7-9
rearguard
Cassiopeia (constellation)
to enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom)
Houhai, a lake and the area surrounding it in central Beijing
to sway to and fro / to rock back and forth
HSK 7-9
(idiom) not want to be outdone / not content to lag behind
lit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again
Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (1835-1908), regent 1861-1908
late stage / later period
HSK 7-9
latter half
to recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat
HSK 7-9
think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance
to learn is to know one's ignorance (the Book of Rites 禮記|礼记)
backend (computing)
grave consequence; serious repercussion
the latecomers surpass their predecessors
rear court / back garden / backyard (also fig.)
latter half (of a decade, century etc)
(idiom) not want to be outdone / not content to lag behind
afternoon
the back (human anatomy) / the back part of sth
postdoc; postdoctoral fellow
(idiom based on Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法) to deploy one's troops in such a way that there is no possibility of retreat, so that they will fight for their lives and win the battle; to fight desperately when confronted with mortal danger; to find a way to emerge from a dire situation
latter half of one's life
the latter
HSK 7-9
backward
escape route / retreat route / communication lines to the rear / alternative course of action / room for maneuver
(coll.) stepmother
(lit.) to enter through the back door / (fig.) to pull strings; to use connections / (fig.) (slang) to have anal sex
HSK 7-9
regardless of what's before or after (idiom); rushing blindly into sth
(fig.) to regret (doing sth)
trunk / boot (of a car)
HSK 7-9
leisure time (over a cup of tea, after a meal etc)
rearview mirror (Tw)
less advanced / underdeveloped / lagging behind / the younger generation / the less experienced ones
postpartum depression
postnatal
the rear / far behind the front line
(idiom) to have qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking
rear guard / backfield / fullback
after liberation (i.e. after the Communist's victory) / after the establishment of PRC in 1949
to advance dauntlessly in wave upon wave (idiom)
HSK 7-9
reconstruction loan provided by Great Powers to Yuan Shikai in 1913
rearview mirror
after this / afterwards / next

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