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前不見古人，後不見來者
qián bù jiàn gǔ rén ， hòu bù jiàn lái zhě
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unique;
unprecedented (idiom)
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前事不忘，後事之師
qián shì bù wàng ， hòu shì zhī shī
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don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom); benefit from past experience
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前人栽樹，後人乘涼
qián rén zāi shù ， hòu rén chéng liáng
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to enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom)
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前仆後繼
qián pū hòu jì
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one falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades;
advancing wave upon wave
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前仰後合
qián yǎng hòu hé
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to sway to and fro;
to rock back and forth
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前俯後仰
qián fǔ hòu yǎng
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to rock one's body backward and forward;
to be convulsed (with laughter etc)
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前倨後恭
qián jù hòu gōng
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to switch from arrogance to deference (idiom)
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前凸後翹
qián tū hòu qiào
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(of a woman) to have nice curves;
buxom;
shapely
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前因後果
qián yīn hòu guǒ
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cause and effects (idiom); entire process of development
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前後
qián hòu
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around;
from beginning to end;
all around;
front and rear
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前後文
qián hòu wén
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context;
the surrounding words;
same as 上下文
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前怕狼後怕虎
qián pà láng hòu pà hǔ
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lit. to fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind (idiom);
fig. to be full of needless fears;
reds under the beds
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前無古人後無來者
qián wú gǔ rén hòu wú lái zhě
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to surpass all others of its kind before and since;
to have neither predecessors nor successors
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前胸貼後背
qián xiōng tiē hòu bèi
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(lit.) chest sticking to back;
(fig.) famished;
(of several persons) packed chest to back
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前赴後繼
qián fù hòu jì
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to advance dauntlessly in wave upon wave (idiom)
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前車之覆，後車之鑒
qián chē zhī fù ， hòu chē zhī jiàn
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lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor;
learn from past mistake;
once bitten twice shy
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前門打虎，後門打狼
qián mén dǎ hǔ ， hòu mén dǎ láng
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to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another
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前門拒虎，後門進狼
qián mén jù hǔ ， hòu mén jìn láng
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to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another
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創傷後
chuāng shāng hòu
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post-traumatic
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創傷後壓力
chuāng shāng hòu yā lì
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post-traumatic stress
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創傷後壓力紊亂
chuāng shāng hòu yā lì wěn luàn
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post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD
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創傷後心理壓力緊張綜合症
chuāng shāng hòu xīn lǐ yā lì jǐn zhāng zōng hé zhèng
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post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
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劫後餘生
jié hòu yú shēng
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after the calamity, renewed life (idiom); new lease of life
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午後
wǔ hòu
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afternoon
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博士後
bó shì hòu
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postdoc;
a postdoctoral position
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