後 hòu

behind, rear, after; descendents

DEFINITIONS

  • behind, rear, after
  • descendents
  • surname Hou
  • empress
  • queen
  • (archaic) monarch
  • ruler
  • back
  • behind
  • rear
  • afterwards
  • after
  • later
  • post-

STROKES

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WORDS

三思而後行 sān sī ér hòu xíng think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance
不孝有三，無後為大 bù xiào yǒu sān ， wú hòu wéi dà There are three ways to be unfilial; having no sons is the worst. (citation from Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3])
不甘人後 bù gān rén hòu (idiom) not want to be outdone; not content to lag behind
不甘後人 bù gān hòu rén (idiom) not want to be outdone; not content to lag behind
不顧前後 bù gù qián hòu regardless of what's before or after (idiom); rushing blindly into sth
之後 zhī hòu afterwards; following; later; after
九零後 jiǔ líng hòu 90s generation
事後 shì hòu after the event; in hindsight; in retrospect
事後聰明 shì hòu cōng ming wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it
事後諸葛亮 shì hòu zhū gě liàng a genius in retrospect (idiom); hindsight is 20-20
今後 jīn hòu hereafter; henceforth; in the future; from now on
以後 yǐ hòu after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future
先來後到 xiān lái hòu dào in order of arrival; first come, first served
先兵後禮 xiān bīng hòu lǐ opposite of 先禮後兵|先礼后兵[xian1 li3 hou4 bing1]
先天下之憂而憂，後天下之樂而樂 xiān tiān xià zhī yōu ér yōu ， hòu tiān xià zhī lè ér lè The first concern is affairs of state, enjoying the pleasure comes later. Quotation from essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记 by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹[Fan4 Zhong4 yan1]
先後 xiān hòu early or late; priority; in succession; one after another
先後順序 xiān hòu shùn xù order of priority; sequential order
先斬後奏 xiān zhǎn hòu zòu first decapitate then present your trophy (idiom); act first, report later
先有後婚 xiān yǒu hòu hūn marriage arranged following a pregnancy; marriage necessitated by an unplanned pregnancy
先禮後兵 xiān lǐ hòu bīng peaceful measures before using force (idiom); diplomacy before violence; jaw-jaw is better than war-war
光前裕後 guāng qián yù hòu to bring honor to one's ancestors and benefit future generations (idiom)
其後 qí hòu next; later; after that
刀不磨要生銹，人不學要落後 dāo bù mó yào shēng xiù ， rén bù xué yào luò hòu a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)
前不巴村，後不巴店 qián bù bā cūn ， hòu bù bā diàn see 前不著村，後不著店|前不着村，后不着店[qian2 bu4 zhao2 cun1 , hou4 bu4 zhao2 dian4]
前不著村，後不著店 qián bù zháo cūn ， hòu bù zháo diàn lit. no village ahead and no inn behind (idiom); fig. to be stranded in the middle of nowhere; to be in a predicament
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