queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for 後) behind, rear, after
DEFINITIONS
- queen, empress, sovereign
- (simp. for 後) behind, rear, after
- surname Hou
- empress
- queen
- (archaic) monarch
- ruler
- back
- behind
- rear
- afterwards
- after
- later
- post-
STROKES
WORDS
| 前赴后继 qián fù hòu jì | to advance dauntlessly in wave upon wave (idiom) |
| 后备军 hòu bèi jūn | rearguard |
| 后腰 hòu yāo | lower back; (sports) defensive midfielder |
| 后盖 hòu gài | back cover; shell (of crab etc) |
| 后进 hòu jìn | less advanced; underdeveloped; lagging behind; the younger generation; the less experienced ones |
| 思前想后 sī qián xiǎng hòu | to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future; to ponder over reasons and connection |
| 鞍前马后 ān qián mǎ hòu | to follow everywhere; to always be there for sb at their beck and call |
| 后话 hòu huà | something to be taken up later in speech or writing |
| 后院起火 hòu yuàn qǐ huǒ | a fire in one's backyard; conflict close to home |
| 尔后 ěr hòu | henceforth; thereafter; subsequently |
| 茶余饭后 chá yú fàn hòu | leisure time (over a cup of tea, after a meal etc) |
| 观后感 guān hòu gǎn | impression or feeling after visiting or watching (movies, museums etc) |
| 先礼后兵 xiān lǐ hòu bīng | peaceful measures before using force (idiom); diplomacy before violence; jaw-jaw is better than war-war |
| 售后服务 shòu hòu fú wù | after-sales service |
| 后继有人 hòu jì yǒu rén | to have qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking |
| 留后路 liú hòu lù | to leave oneself a way out |
| 瞻前顾后 zhān qián gù hòu | to look forward and back; to consider prudently; overcautious |
| 秋后算账 qiū hòu suàn zhàng | lit. to settle accounts after autumn; settle scores at an opportune moment (idiom) |
| 置之死地而后生 zhì zhī sǐ dì ér hòu shēng | place sb on a field of death and he will fight to live (idiom based on Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3]); to fight desperately when confronting mortal danger; fig. to find a way out of an impasse |
| 博士后 bó shì hòu | postdoc; a postdoctoral position |
| 后任 hòu rèn | successor; (attributive) future |
| 后年 hòu nián | the year after next |
| 后母 hòu mǔ | stepmother |
| 后父 hòu fù | stepfather |
| 后账 hòu zhàng | undisclosed account; to settle matters later; to blame sb after the event |