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

WORDS

rán hòu after; then (afterwards); after that; afterwards
爭先恐 zhēng xiān kǒng hòu striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another
ěr hòu henceforth; thereafter; subsequently
牧神午 mù shén wǔ hòu Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, by Claude Debussy based on poem by Stéphane Mallarmé
chǎn hòu postnatal
路 liú hòu lù to leave oneself a way out
皇太 huáng tài hòu empress dowager
生動物 zhēn hòu shēng dòng wù eumetazoa; subkingdom of animals excluding sponges
瞻前顧 zhān qián gù hòu to look forward and back; to consider prudently; overcautious
算帳 qiū hòu suàn zhàng lit. settling accounts after the autumn harvest (idiom); to wait until the time is ripe to settle accounts; to bide time for revenge
算賬 qiū hòu suàn zhàng lit. to settle accounts after autumn; settle scores at an opportune moment (idiom)
科爾沁左翼 kē ěr qìn zuǒ yì hòu Horqin Left Rear banner or Khorchin Züün Garyn Xoit khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[Tong1 liao2], Inner Mongolia
科爾沁左翼旗 kē ěr qìn zuǒ yì hòu qí Horqin Left Rear banner or Khorchin Züün Garyn Xoit khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[Tong1 liao2], Inner Mongolia
shuì hòu after tax
shāo hòu in a little while; in a moment; later on
空前絕 kōng qián jué hòu unprecedented and never to be duplicated; the first and the last; unmatched; unique
突觸 tū chù hòu postsynaptic
經濟落 jīng jì luò hòu economically backward
緊隨其 jǐn suí qí hòu to follow closely behind sb or sth (idiom)
勤部 zǒng hòu qín bù (military) General Logistics Department
jì hòu later; afterwards
置之死地而生 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
置之腦 zhì zhī nǎo hòu to banish from one's thoughts; to ignore; to take no notice
老鼠拖木鍁,大頭在頭 lǎo shǔ tuō mù xiān , dà tóu zài hòu tou when the mice drag a shovel, the biggest thing comes second; the tip of the iceberg; the cockroach principle
ér hòu after that; then