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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
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
consequences / aftermath
HSK 3
afterwards; later / newly arrived
HSK 2
to regret; to feel remorse
HSK 5
the back; the rear; the last bit / behind; near the end; at the back / later; afterwards
HSK 1
logistics
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *后* | 后* | *后
surname Hou
the year after next
HSK 3
(medicine) sequelae / residual effects / (fig.) repercussions / aftermath
HSK 7-9
follow-up / (dialect) to remarry
HSK 7-9
later generations
descendant; progeny / posterity; later ages; later generations
HSK 7-9
military logistics
backstage area / behind-the-scenes supporter / (computing) back-end / background
HSK 7-9
backstrap (of a shoe)
reserve; backup
HSK 7-9
support / backing
HSK 7-9
harem / chambers of imperial concubines
later generation
HSK 7-9
rearguard
Houhai, a lake and the area surrounding it in central Beijing
late stage / later period
HSK 7-9
latter half
to recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat
HSK 7-9
backend (computing)
the latecomers surpass their predecessors
rear court / back garden / backyard (also fig.)
latter half (of a decade, century etc)
the back (human anatomy) / the back part of sth
latter half of one's life
the latter
HSK 7-9
escape route / retreat route / communication lines to the rear / alternative course of action / room for maneuver
(coll.) stepmother
trunk / boot (of a car)
HSK 7-9
rearview mirror (Tw)
less advanced / underdeveloped / lagging behind / the younger generation / the less experienced ones
the rear / far behind the front line
(idiom) to have qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking
rear guard / backfield / fullback
rearview mirror
energy to continue after the initial phase of an activity / delayed effect
the pages ahead / the following pages
lit. trailing dust / fig. sb's footsteps / course in life
lingering fear / fear after the event / post-traumatic stress
(idiom) an up-and-coming youngster; new talent; a brilliant younger generation
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
lower back / (sports) defensive midfielder
hindbrain / back of the head
back door; back gate / (fig.) back-door influence; under-the-table dealings / anus / (computing) backdoor
post-rock (music genre)
(idiom) there will be no end of trouble in the future
postposition (grammar)
reinforcement / back-up / supporting force
undisclosed account / to settle matters later / to blame sb after the event
young generation / youth / young man
the young will be redoubtable in the years to come (idiom) / the younger generations will surpass us in time
heel (part of a foot) / heel (of a sock) / counter (the part of a shoe that cups the back of one's heel) / followed by (used in describing a format, such as "filename followed by file extension")
descendant
HSK 7-9
payment made afterwards / postpaid
suffix (linguistics)
younger generation
rear wheel
to come late and leave first / last in, first out (LIFO)
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
acquired (characteristic etc)
to realize in hindsight; to realize belatedly; to be late to the party
rear view / figure seen from behind / view of the back (of a person or object)
hind legs
Houlung town in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县, northwest Taiwan
Later Liang of the Five Dynasties (907-923)
heir / descendant / posterity
afterthought / reflection after an event / a review (of a movie etc)
backyard garden
Later Tang of the Five Dynasties (923-936)
a conflict arises close to home (idiom)
nape
successor / to take up a position subsequently as ... / (attributive) future; subsequent
recoil (of a gun) / backlash / reactive force
empress's throne / (fig.) first place in a feminine competition
back seat / pillion
to meet again at unspecified date / meeting postponed indefinitely
back cover / shell (of crab etc)
the back row (in a theater etc); the rear seats (in a vehicle)
Later Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (384-409)
postproduction
(perfumery) base note
the kitchen area of a restaurant
Houyi, mythological Chinese archer whose wife was Chang'e
trailing edge (of airplane wing)
lit. warning to the following cart (idiom); don't follow the track of an overturned cart / fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor / learn from past mistake / once bitten twice shy
aftertaste
Later Jin of the Five Dynasties (936-946)
car rear indicator
backboard

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