|  | after  / later  / afterwards  / following  / later on  / in the future   | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | empress  / queen  / (archaic) monarch  / ruler   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | back  / behind  / rear  / afterwards  / after  / later  / post-   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | after; behind  / (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then   | HSK 4  | 
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 |  | to fall behind  / to lag (in technology etc)  / backward  / to retrogress   | HSK 3  | 
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 |  | then; after that; afterwards   | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | around  / from beginning to end  / all around  / front and rear   | HSK 3  | 
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 |  | hereafter  / henceforth  / in the future  / from now on   | HSK 2  | 
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 |  | from now on  / in the future  / time to come   | HSK 6  | 
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 |  | after the event  / in hindsight  / in retrospect   | HSK 6  | 
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 |  | early or late; first and last; priority  / in succession; one after another   | HSK 5  | 
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 |  | after this  / afterwards  / hereafter   | HSK 5  | 
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 |  | behind  / at the back  / in the rear  / behind sb's back   | HSK 3  | 
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 |  | from now on  / henceforward   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | after the event   | HSK 6  | 
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 |  | final; last; ultimate  / finally; in the end   | HSK 1  | 
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 |  | soon after   | HSK 5  | 
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 |  | in a little while; shortly after   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | surname Hou   |  | 
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 |  | 90s generation   |  | 
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 |  | people born between 1995-01-01 and 1999-12-31   / Gen Z (abbr. for 95 後|95 后 + 00 後|00 后)   |  | 
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 |  | after a catastrophe  / post-traumatic   |  | 
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 |  | next  / later  / after that   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | to lag behind   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | sometime  / someday (in the future)   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | empress  / imperial consort   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | to stand back  / to go back (in time)  / to yield  / to make concessions   |  | 
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 |  | 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)   |  | 
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 |  | lit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again   |  | 
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 |  | Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (1835-1908), regent 1861-1908   |  | 
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 |  | (idiom) not want to be outdone  / not content to lag behind   |  | 
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 |  | afternoon   |  | 
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 |  | postdoc; postdoctoral fellow   |  | 
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 |  | backward   |  | 
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 |  | regardless of what's before or after (idiom); rushing blindly into sth   |  | 
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 |  | leisure time (over a cup of tea, after a meal etc)   |  | 
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 |  | postnatal   |  | 
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 |  | after liberation (i.e. after the Communist's victory)  / after the establishment of PRC in 1949   |  | 
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 |  | after this  / afterwards  / next   |  | 
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 |  | behind the scenes   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | (military) the enemy's rear  / behind enemy lines   |  | 
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 |  | from then on  / after  / afterwards  / thereafter   |  | 
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 |  | to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future  / to ponder over reasons and connection   | HSK 7-9  | 
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 |  | to postpone  / to defer  / to delay   |  | 
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 |  | Dairy Queen (brand)   |  | 
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 |  | lit. to look forward and back (idiom)  / fig. to consider carefully; to weigh the pros and cons  / fig. to be overcautious and indecisive   |  | 
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 |  | after the war  / postwar   |  | 
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 |  | postoperative; after surgery   |  | 
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 |  | backwards  / facing back   |  | 
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 |  | after drinking  / under the influence of alcohol   |  | 
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 |  | economically backward   |  | 
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 |  | (literary) to have no descendants; to have no son to continue one's lineage   |  | 
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 |  | henceforth  / thereafter  / subsequently   |  | 
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 |  | chronological   |  | 
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 |  | empress dowager   |  | 
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 |  | afterwards  / then   |  | 
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 |  | after death  / posthumous   |  | 
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 |  | movie queen; best actress award winner   |  | 
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 |  | diva; famous or accomplished female singer   |  | 
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 |  | finally   |  | 
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 |  | unprecedented and never to be duplicated  / the first and the last  / unmatched  / unique   |  | 
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 |  | to follow everywhere  / to always be there for sb at their beck and call   |  | 
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 |  | to deal with the aftermath (arising from an accident)  / funeral arrangements  / reparations   |  | 
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 |  | after this  / from then on   |  | 
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 |  | to bring honor to one's ancestors and benefit future generations (idiom)   |  | 
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 |  | modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind (quote of Mao Zedong)   |  | 
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 |  | drag queen   |  | 
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 |  | Empress Dowager   |  | 
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 |  | from here on   |  | 
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 |  | empress  / imperial consort   |  | 
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 |  | to have no offspring  / never to be seen again; unique   |  | 
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 |  | it's better to hurry at the start than to rush later (idiom)   |  | 
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 |  | behind   |  | 
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 |  | the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi  莊子|庄子); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger   |  | 
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 |  | Empress Dowager Ci'an (1837-1881) of Qing   |  | 
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 |  | (proverb) a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study   |  | 
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 |  | drag queen; female impersonator   |  | 
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 |  | thinking and pondering (idiom); to turn sth over in one's mind  / to consider repeatedly   |  | 
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 |  | queen ant   |  | 
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 |  | queen bee   |  | 
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 |  | to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition  / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages   |  | 
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 |  | after that  / then   |  | 
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 |  | to follow closely behind sb or sth (idiom)   |  | 
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 |  | beauty queen   |  | 
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 |  | to adjourn  / to defer   |  | 
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 |  | to push back (progress, the times etc)   |  | 
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 |  | postdoc; postdoctoral fellow   |  | 
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 |  | Queen Dowager (in Europe)  / widowed queen  / Queen mother   |  | 
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 |  | from that  / following from that  / after that   |  | 
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 |  | after tax   |  | 
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 |  | to bring up the rear   |  | 
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 |  | the back of the head  / (fig.) the back of one's mind   |  | 
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