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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *后* | 后* | *后
empress / queen / (archaic) monarch / ruler
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *后* | 后* | *后
back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post-
HSK 1
final; last; ultimate / finally; in the end
HSK 1
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 1
after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future
HSK 2
then; after that; afterwards
HSK 2
hereafter / henceforth / in the future / from now on
HSK 2
afterwards; later / newly arrived
HSK 2
consequences / aftermath
HSK 3
around / from beginning to end / all around / front and rear
HSK 3
behind / at the back / in the rear / behind sb's back
HSK 3
to fall behind / to lag (in technology etc) / backward / to retrogress
HSK 3
the year after next
HSK 3
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
behind / the back / the rear / later / afterwards / (in) the future
HSK 4
early or late; first and last; priority / in succession; one after another
HSK 5
after this / afterwards / hereafter
HSK 5
to regret; to feel remorse
HSK 5
soon after
HSK 5
after the event
HSK 6
queen / CL: 個|个,
HSK 6
after the event / in hindsight / in retrospect
HSK 6
from now on / in the future / time to come
HSK 6
follow-up / (dialect) to remarry
HSK 7-9
empress / imperial consort
HSK 7-9
behind the scenes
HSK 7-9
to sway to and fro / to rock back and forth
HSK 7-9
to advance dauntlessly in wave upon wave (idiom)
HSK 7-9
descendant; progeny / posterity; later ages; later generations
HSK 7-9
in a little while; shortly after
HSK 7-9
descendant
HSK 7-9
late stage / later period
HSK 7-9
the latter
HSK 7-9
reserve; backup
HSK 7-9
sometime / someday (in the future)
HSK 7-9
to recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat
HSK 7-9
to lag behind
HSK 7-9
next / later / after that
HSK 7-9
striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another
HSK 7-9
later generation
HSK 7-9
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
backstage area / behind-the-scenes supporter / (computing) back-end / background
HSK 7-9
(medicine) sequelae / residual effects / (fig.) repercussions / aftermath
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
logistics
HSK 7-9
lit. firing after the horse / fig. belated action / giving advice in hindsight
HSK 7-9
lit. firing after the horse / fig. belated action / giving advice in hindsight
HSK 7-9
trunk / boot (of a car)
HSK 7-9
support / backing
HSK 7-9
from now on / henceforward
HSK 7-9
to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future / to ponder over reasons and connection
HSK 7-9
recoil (of a gun) / backlash / reactive force
(medicine) tenesmus
leisure time (over a cup of tea, after a meal etc)
postmodernism
(military) the enemy's rear / behind enemy lines
henceforth / thereafter / subsequently
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *后* | 后* | *后
surname Hou
backyard garden
hamstring muscle
rearguard
metazoa / the animal kingdom
queen ant
empress dowager
crown or tiara of a queen, empress or beauty pageant winner / first place in a women's competition
(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
lit. to look forward and back (idiom) / fig. to consider carefully; to weigh the pros and cons / fig. to be overcautious and indecisive
I'm sure we'll meet again some day. (idiom) / Hope to see you again.
Later Jin dynasty (from 1616-) / Manchu Khanate or kingdom that took over as Qing dynasty in 1644
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)
queen bee
impression or feeling after visiting or watching (movies, museums etc)
back door; back gate / (fig.) back-door influence; under-the-table dealings / anus / (computing) backdoor
backward
to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
less advanced / underdeveloped / lagging behind / the younger generation / the less experienced ones
one falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades / advancing wave upon wave
prognosis
Later Tang of the Five Dynasties (923-936)
to place after (e.g. in grammar) / postposition
regardless of what's before or after (idiom); rushing blindly into sth
the rear / far behind the front line
afternoon
impression of a book / opinion expressed in a book review
after drinking / under the influence of alcohol
rear wheel
epilogue / afterword
the time after one's death / a place behind sb / (fig.) one's social background
hindbrain / back of the head
movie queen; best actress award winner
postdoc; postdoctoral fellow
rear court / back garden / backyard (also fig.)
(one moment ...,) the next ... / trailing foot (in walking)
young generation / youth / young man
later generations
after death / posthumous
to postpone / to defer / to delay
the back (human anatomy) / the back part of sth

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