| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 后 | 後 | hòu | - back - behind - rear - afterwards - after - later |
| 之后 | 之後 | zhīhòu | - afterwards - following - later - after |
| 事后 | 事後 | shìhòu | - after the event - in hindsight - in retrospect |
| 今后 | 今後 | jīnhòu | - hereafter - henceforth - in the future - from now on |
| 以后 | 以後 | yǐhòu | - after - later - afterwards - following - later on - in the future |
| 先后 | 先後 | xiānhòu | - early or late - priority - in succession - one after another |
| 其后 | 其後 | qíhòu | - next - later - after that |
| 前后 | 前後 | qiánhòu | - around - from beginning to end - all around - front and rear |
| 午后 | 午後 | wǔhòu | - afternoon |
| 向后 | 向後 | xiànghòu | - backward |
| 善后 | 善後 | shànhòu | - to deal with the aftermath (arising from an accident) - funeral arrangements - reparations |
| 嗣后 | 嗣後 | sìhòu | - from then on - after - afterwards - thereafter |
| 在后 | 在後 | zàihòu | - behind |
| 幕后 | 幕後 | mùhòu | - behind the scenes |
| 延后 | 延後 | yánhòu | - to postpone - to defer - to delay |
| 往后 | 往後 | wǎnghòu | - from now on - in the future - time to come |
| 后世 | 後世 | hòushì | - later generations |
| 后事 | 後事 | hòushì | - future events - and what happened next... (in fiction) - funeral arrangements |
| 后人 | 後人 | hòurén | - later generation |
| 后付 | 後付 | hòufù | - payment made afterwards - postpaid |
| 后代 | 後代 | hòudài | - posterity - later periods - later ages - later generations |
| 后任 | 後任 | hòurèn | - successor - (attributive) future |
| 后来 | 後來 | hòulái | - afterwards - later |
| 后备 | 後備 | hòubèi | - reserve - backup |
| 后儿 | 後兒 | hòur | - the day after tomorrow |
| 后加 | 後加 | hòujiā | - postposition (grammar) |
| 后勤 | 後勤 | hòuqín | - logistics |
| 后半 | 後半 | hòubàn | - latter half |
| 后台 | 後台 | hòutái | - backstage - the area behind a theatrical stage - backstage supporter |
| 后周 | 後周 | HòuZhōu | - Later Zhou of the Five Dynasties (951-960), centered on Shandong and Hebei, with capital at Kaifeng 开封 |
| 后味 | 後味 | hòuwèi | - after-taste |
| 后唐 | 後唐 | HòuTáng | - Later Tang of the Five Dynasties (923-936) |
| 后嗣 | 後嗣 | hòusì | - heir - descendant - posterity |
| 后坐 | 後坐 | hòuzuò | - recoil (of a gun) - backlash |
| 后尘 | 後塵 | hòuchén | - lit. trailing dust - fig. sb's footsteps - course in life |
| 后壁 | 後壁 | Hòubì | - Houpi township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan |
| 后天 | 後天 | hòutiān | - the day after tomorrow - post-natal - acquired (not innate) - a posteriori |
| 后娘 | 後娘 | hòuniáng | - stepmother (coll.) |
| 后妈 | 後媽 | hòumā | - (coll.) stepmother |
| 后学 | 後學 | hòuxué | - junior scholar or pupil in imperial China |
| 后宫 | 後宮 | hòugōng | - harem - chambers of imperial concubines |
| 后年 | 後年 | hòunián | - the year after next |
| 后座 | 後座 | hòuzuò | - back seat - pillion |
| 后庭 | 後庭 | hòutíng | - backyard - imperial harem - (slang) anus |
| 后影 | 後影 | hòuyǐng | - rear view - figure seen from behind - view of the back (of a person or object) |
| 后心 | 後心 | hòuxīn | - middle of the back |
| 后怕 | 後怕 | hòupà | - lingering fear - fear after the event - post-traumatic stress |
| 后悔 | 後悔 | hòuhuǐ | - to regret - to repent |
| 后感 | 後感 | hòugǎn | - afterthought - reflection after an event - a review (of a movie etc) |
| 后排 | 後排 | hòupái | - the back row |
| 后援 | 後援 | hòuyuán | - reinforcement - back-up - supporting force |
| 后摇 | 後搖 | hòuyáo | - post-rock (music genre) |
| 后撤 | 後撤 | hòuchè | - to pull back (an army) - to retreat |
| 后效 | 後效 | hòuxiào | - after-effect |
| 后方 | 後方 | hòufāng | - the rear - far behind the front line |
| 后日 | 後日 | hòurì | - the day after tomorrow - from hence - from now - from now on - henceforth |
| 后晋 | 後晉 | HòuJìn | - Later Jin of the Five Dynasties (936-946) |
| 后期 | 後期 | hòuqī | - late stage - later period |
| 后果 | 後果 | hòuguǒ | - consequences - aftermath |
| 后梁 | 後梁 | HòuLiáng | - Later Liang of the Five Dynasties (907-923) |
| 后段 | 後段 | hòuduàn | - final part - rear - back end - final segment - the following section - last paragraph |
| 后母 | 後母 | hòumǔ | - stepmother |
| 后凉 | 後涼 | HòuLiáng | - Later Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms (386-403) |
| 后汉 | 後漢 | HòuHàn | - Later Han or Eastern Han dynasty (25-220) - Later Han of the Five Dynasties (947-950) |
| 后灯 | 後燈 | hòudēng | - taillight |
| 后燕 | 後燕 | HòuYān | - Later Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (384-409) |
| 后父 | 後父 | hòufù | - stepfather |
| 后生 | 後生 | hòushēng | - young generation - youth - young man |
| 后盾 | 後盾 | hòudùn | - support - backing |
| 后秦 | 後秦 | HòuQín | - Later Qin of the Sixteen Kingdoms (384-417) |
| 后缀 | 後綴 | hòuzhuì | - suffix (linguistics) |
| 后缘 | 後緣 | hòuyuán | - trailing edge (of airplane wing) |
| 后续 | 後續 | hòuxù | - follow-up - (dialect) to remarry |
| 后置 | 後置 | hòuzhì | - to place after (e.g. in grammar) - postposition |
| 后翅 | 後翅 | hòuchì | - back wing (of insect) |
| 后者 | 後者 | hòuzhě | - the latter |
| 后肢 | 後肢 | hòuzhī | - hind legs |
| 后背 | 後背 | hòubèi | - the back (human anatomy) - the back part of sth |
| 后脑 | 後腦 | hòunǎo | - hindbrain - back of the head |
| 后腰 | 後腰 | hòuyāo | - lower back |
| 后盖 | 後蓋 | hòugài | - back cover - shell (of crab etc) |
| 后卫 | 後衛 | hòuwèi | - rear guard - backfield - fullback |
| 后裔 | 後裔 | hòuyì | - descendant |
| 后记 | 後記 | hòujì | - epilogue - afterword |
| 后诊 | 後診 | hòuzhěn | - post-operative examination |
| 后话 | 後話 | hòuhuà | - something to be taken up later in speech or writing |
| 后账 | 後賬 | hòuzhàng | - undisclosed account - to settle matters later - to blame sb after the event |
| 后赵 | 後趙 | HòuZhào | - Later Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (319-350) |
| 后路 | 後路 | hòulù | - escape route - retreat route - communication lines to the rear - alternative course of action - room for maneuver |
| 后辍 | 後輟 | hòuchuò | - suffix |
| 后辈 | 後輩 | hòubèi | - younger generation |
| 后轮 | 後輪 | hòulún | - rear wheel |
| 后退 | 後退 | hòutuì | - to recoil - to draw back - to fall back - to retreat |
| 后送 | 後送 | hòusòng | - evacuation (military) |
| 后进 | 後進 | hòujìn | - less advanced - underdeveloped - lagging behind - the younger generation - the less experienced ones |
| 后边 | 後邊 | hòubian | - back - rear - behind |
| 后部 | 後部 | hòubù | - back section |
| 后金 | 後金 | HòuJīn | - Later Jin dynasty (from 1616-) - Manchu Khanate or kingdom that took over as Qing dynasty in 1644 |
| 后钩 | 後鉤 | hòugōu | - unfinished business |
| 后门 | 後門 | hòumén | - the back door - fig. under the counter (indirect way for influence or pressure) - anus |
| 后附 | 後附 | hòufù | - attachment - appendix - addendum |
| 后院 | 後院 | hòuyuàn | - rear court - back garden - backyard (also fig.) |
| 后面 | 後面 | hòumian | - rear - back - behind - later - afterwards |
| 后头 | 後頭 | hòutou | - behind - in the back - the rear side - later - in future |
| 后颈 | 後頸 | hòujǐng | - nape |
| 后魏 | 後魏 | HòuWèi | - Wei of the Northern Dynasties 386-534 |
| 后龙 | 後龍 | Hòulóng | - Houlung town in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan |
| 战后 | 戰後 | zhànhòu | - after the war - post-war |
| 押后 | 押後 | yāhòu | - to adjourn - to defer |
| 推后 | 推後 | tuīhòu | - to push back (progress, the times etc) |
| 日后 | 日後 | rìhòu | - sometime - someday (in the future) |
| 最后 | 最後 | zuìhòu | - final - last - finally - ultimate |
| 朝后 | 朝後 | cháohòu | - backwards - facing back |
| 末后 | 末後 | mòhòu | - finally |
| 次后 | 次後 | cìhòu | - afterwards - then |
| 此后 | 此後 | cǐhòu | - after this - afterwards - hereafter |
| 死后 | 死後 | sǐhòu | - after death - posthumous |
| 滞后 | 滯後 | zhìhòu | - to lag behind |
| 灾后 | 災後 | zāihòu | - after a catastrophe - post-traumatic |
| 无后 | 無後 | wúhòu | - to lack male offspring |
| 然后 | 然後 | ránhòu | - after - then (afterwards) - after that - afterwards |
| 尔后 | 爾後 | ěrhòu | - henceforth - thereafter - subsequently |
| 产后 | 產後 | chǎnhòu | - postnatal |
| 税后 | 稅後 | shuìhòu | - after tax |
| 稍后 | 稍後 | shāohòu | - in a little while - in a moment - later on |
| 继后 | 繼後 | jìhòu | - later - afterwards |
| 而后 | 而後 | érhòu | - after that - then |
| 背后 | 背後 | bèihòu | - behind - at the back - in the rear - behind sb's back |
| 脑后 | 腦後 | nǎohòu | - the back of the head - (fig.) the back of one's mind |
| 落后 | 落後 | luòhòu | - to fall behind - to lag (in technology etc) - backward - to retrogress |
| 身后 | 身後 | shēnhòu | - posthumous - one's social background - behind the body |
| 过后 | 過後 | guòhòu | - after the event |
| 酒后 | 酒後 | jiǔhòu | - after drinking - under the influence of alcohol |
| 随后 | 隨後 | suíhòu | - soon after |
| 须后 | 須後 | xūhòu | - aftershave |
| 预后 | 預後 | yùhòu | - prognosis |
| 九零后 | 九零後 | jiǔlínghòu | - 90s generation |
| 前后文 | 前後文 | qiánhòuwén | - context - the surrounding words - same as 上下文 |
| 创伤后 | 創傷後 | chuāngshānghòu | - post-traumatic |
| 博士后 | 博士後 | bóshìhòu | - postdoc - a postdoctoral position |
| 在此后 | 在此後 | zàicǐhòu | - after this - from then on |
| 大后天 | 大後天 | dàhòutiān | - three days from now - day after day after tomorrow |
| 大后年 | 大後年 | dàhòunián | - three years from now - year after year after next year |
| 季后赛 | 季後賽 | jìhòusài | - a playoff |
| 后备箱 | 後備箱 | hòubèixiāng | - trunk - boot (of a car) |
| 后备军 | 後備軍 | hòubèijūn | - rearguard |
| 后两者 | 後兩者 | hòuliǎngzhě | - the latter two |
| 后勤学 | 後勤學 | hòuqínxué | - military logistics |
| 后半场 | 後半場 | hòubànchǎng | - second half (of sporting competition) |
| 后半叶 | 後半葉 | hòubànyè | - latter half (of a decade, century etc) |
| 后坐力 | 後坐力 | hòuzuòlì | - recoil (of a gun) - backlash - reactive force |
| 后壁乡 | 後壁鄉 | Hòubìxiāng | - Houbi township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan |
| 后天性 | 後天性 | hòutiānxìng | - acquired (characteristic etc) |
| 后感觉 | 後感覺 | hòugǎnjué | - after-sensation - after-impression |
| 后掩蔽 | 後掩蔽 | hòuyǎnbì | - backward masking |
| 后摇滚 | 後搖滾 | hòuyáogǔn | - post-rock (music genre) |
| 后挡板 | 後擋板 | hòudǎngbǎn | - backboard |
| 后汉书 | 後漢書 | HòuHànshū | - History of Eastern Han (later Han), third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Fan Ye 範曄|范晔[Fan4 Ye4] in 445 during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4], 120 scrolls |
| 后甲板 | 後甲板 | hòujiǎbǎn | - afterdeck |
| 后空翻 | 後空翻 | hòukōngfān | - backward somersault - backflip |
| 后置词 | 後置詞 | hòuzhìcí | - postposition - suffix - word placed after |
| 后脑勺 | 後腦勺 | hòunǎosháo | - back of the head |
| 后视镜 | 後視鏡 | hòushìjìng | - rearview mirror |
| 后车轴 | 後車軸 | hòuchēzhóu | - back axle (of car) |
| 后遗症 | 後遺症 | hòuyízhèng | - (medicine) sequelae - residual effects - (fig.) repercussions - aftermath |
| 后边儿 | 後邊兒 | hòubianr | - erhua variant of 後邊|后边[hou4 bian5] |
| 后钩儿 | 後鉤兒 | hòugōur | - erhua variant of 後鉤|后钩[hou4 gou1] |
| 后鼻音 | 後鼻音 | hòubíyīn | - velar nasal - consonant ng or ŋ produced in the nose with the back of the tongue against the soft palate |
| 后龙镇 | 後龍鎮 | Hòulóngzhèn | - Houlung town in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan |
| 扯后腿 | 扯後腿 | chěhòutuǐ | - to be a drag or hindrance on sb |
| 抄后路 | 抄後路 | chāohòulù | - to outflank and attack from the rear |
| 拖后腿 | 拖後腿 | tuōhòutuǐ | - to impede - to obstruct - to hold back |
| 放学后 | 放學後 | fàngxuéhòu | - after school |
| 李后主 | 李後主 | LǐHòuzhǔ | - Li Houzhu (c. 937-978), the final Southern Tang ruler (ruled 961-975) and a renowned poet - given name Li Yu 李煜 |
| 歇后语 | 歇後語 | xiēhòuyǔ | - saying in which the second part, uttered after a pause or totally left out, is the intended meaning of the allegory presented in the first part |
| 留后路 | 留後路 | liúhòulù | - to leave oneself a way out |
| 皇太后 | 皇太後 | huángtàihòu | - empress dowager |
| 突触后 | 突觸後 | tūchùhòu | - post-synaptic |
| 翻新后 | 翻新後 | fānxīnhòu | - after refurbishment |
| 脚后跟 | 腳後跟 | jiǎohòugēn | - heel |
| 腿后腱 | 腿後腱 | tuǐhòujiàn | - hamstring muscle |
| 观后感 | 觀後感 | guānhòugǎn | - impression or feeling after visiting or watching (movies, museums etc) |
| 解放后 | 解放後 | jiěfànghòu | - after liberation (i.e. after the Communist's victory) - after the establishment of PRC in 1949 |
| 读后感 | 讀後感 | dúhòugǎn | - impression of a book - opinion expressed in a book review |
| 走后门 | 走後門 | zǒuhòumén | - lit. to enter by the back door - fig. to gain influence by pull or unofficial channels - back door or under the counter connections |
| 车后箱 | 車後箱 | chēhòuxiāng | - car boot, trunk |
| 重估后 | 重估後 | chónggūhòu | - after revaluation |
| 开后门 | 開後門 | kāihòumén | - to open the back door - fig. under the counter - to do a secret or dishonest deal - to let sth in by the back door |
| 须后水 | 須後水 | xūhòushuǐ | - aftershave |
| 马后炮 | 馬後炮 | mǎhòupào | - lit. firing after the horse - fig. belated action - giving advice in hindsight |
| 马后炮 | 馬後砲 | mǎhòupào | - lit. firing after the horse - fig. belated action - giving advice in hindsight |
| 不顾前后 | 不顧前後 | bùgùqiánhòu | - regardless of what's before or after (idiom); rushing blindly into sth |
| 事后聪明 | 事後聰明 | shìhòucōngming | - wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it |
| 先来后到 | 先來後到 | xiānláihòudào | - in order of arrival - first come, first served |
| 先后顺序 | 先後順序 | xiānhòushùnxù | - order of priority - sequential order |
| 先斩后奏 | 先斬後奏 | xiānzhǎnhòuzòu | - first decapitate then present your trophy (idiom); act first, report later |
| 先有后婚 | 先有後婚 | xiānyǒuhòuhūn | - marriage arranged following a pregnancy - marriage necessitated by an unplanned pregnancy |
| 先礼后兵 | 先禮後兵 | xiānlǐhòubīng | - peaceful measures before using force (idiom); diplomacy before violence - jaw-jaw is better than war-war |
| 光前裕后 | 光前裕後 | guāngqiányùhòu | - to bring honor to one's ancestors and benefit future generations (idiom) |
| 冷战以后 | 冷戰以後 | lěngzhànyǐhòu | - post-Cold War |
| 前仆后继 | 前仆後繼 | qiánpūhòujì | - one falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades - advancing wave upon wave |
| 前仰后合 | 前仰後合 | qiányǎnghòuhé | - to sway to and fro - to rock back and forth |
| 前俯后仰 | 前俯後仰 | qiánfǔhòuyǎng | - to rock one's body backward and forward - to be convulsed (with laughter etc) |
| 前倨后恭 | 前倨後恭 | qiánjùhòugōng | - to switch from arrogance to deference (idiom) |
| 前因后果 | 前因後果 | qiányīnhòuguǒ | - cause and effects (idiom); entire process of development |
| 前赴后继 | 前赴後繼 | qiánfùhòujì | - to advance dauntlessly in wave upon wave (idiom) |
| 劫后余生 | 劫後餘生 | jiéhòuyúshēng | - after the calamity, renewed life (idiom); new lease of life |
| 吃后悔药 | 吃後悔藥 | chīhòuhuǐyào | - (fig.) to regret (doing sth) |
| 向后翻腾 | 向後翻騰 | xiànghòufānténg | - backward somersault |
| 售后服务 | 售後服務 | shòuhòufúwù | - after-sales service |
| 善后借款 | 善後借款 | shànhòujièkuǎn | - reconstruction loan provided by Great Powers to Yuan Shikai in 1913 |
| 严重后果 | 嚴重後果 | yánzhònghòuguǒ | - grave consequence - serious repercussion |
| 在此之后 | 在此之後 | zàicǐzhīhòu | - after this - afterwards - next |
| 巴前算后 | 巴前算後 | bāqiánsuànhòu | - thinking and pondering (idiom); to turn sth over in one's mind - to consider repeatedly |
| 幕后操纵 | 幕後操縱 | mùhòucāozòng | - to manipulate from behind the scenes - to pull the strings |
| 幕后花絮 | 幕後花絮 | mùhòuhuāxù | - news from behind the scenes - photo gallery with snippets of news |
| 彼得后书 | 彼得後書 | BǐdéHòushū | - Second Epistle of Peter (in New Testament) |
| 后来居上 | 後來居上 | hòuláijūshàng | - lit. late-comer lives above (idiom); the up-and-coming youngster outstrips the older generation - the pupil surpasses the master |
| 后信号灯 | 後信號燈 | hòuxìnhàodēng | - car rear indicator |
| 后悔不迭 | 後悔不迭 | hòuhuǐbùdié | - no time for regrets - too late to do anything |
| 后悔莫及 | 後悔莫及 | hòuhuǐmòjí | - too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event. |
| 后患无穷 | 後患無窮 | hòuhuànwúqióng | - it will cause no end of trouble (idiom); nip the problem in the bud |
| 后会有期 | 後會有期 | hòuhuìyǒuqī | - I'm sure we'll meet again some day. (idiom) - Hope to see you again. |
| 后会无期 | 後會無期 | hòuhuìwúqī | - to meet again at unspecified date - meeting postponed indefinitely |
| 后生动物 | 後生動物 | hòushēngdòngwù | - metazoa - the animal kingdom |
| 后生可畏 | 後生可畏 | hòushēngkěwèi | - will be redoubtable in later life (idiom); a young person's abilities must be respected, though inexperienced - the younger generations will surpass us in time |
| 后继乏人 | 後繼乏人 | hòujìfárén | - see 後繼無人|后继无人[hou4 ji4 wu2 ren2] |
| 后继有人 | 後繼有人 | hòujìyǒurén | - to have qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking |
| 后继无人 | 後繼無人 | hòujìwúrén | - to have no qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking |
| 后翻筋斗 | 後翻筋斗 | hòufānjīndǒu | - backward somersault |
| 后西游记 | 後西遊記 | HòuXīyóuJì | - one of three Ming dynasty sequels to Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记 |
| 后见之明 | 後見之明 | hòujiànzhīmíng | - hindsight |
| 后起之秀 | 後起之秀 | hòuqǐzhīxiù | - an up-and coming youngster - new talent - a brilliant younger generation |
| 后车之鉴 | 後車之鑒 | hòuchēzhījiàn | - 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 |
| 后送医院 | 後送醫院 | hòusòngyīyuàn | - evacuation hospital (military) |
| 后进先出 | 後進先出 | hòujìnxiānchū | - to come late and leave first - last in, first out (LIFO) |
| 后院起火 | 後院起火 | hòuyuànqǐhuǒ | - a fire in one's backyard - conflict close to home |
| 后顾之忧 | 後顧之憂 | hòugùzhīyōu | - 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" |
| 从此往后 | 從此往後 | cóngcǐwǎnghòu | - from here on |
| 思前想后 | 思前想後 | sīqiánxiǎnghòu | - to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future - to ponder over reasons and connection |
| 惩前毖后 | 懲前毖後 | chéngqiánbìhòu | - lit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again |
| 承先启后 | 承先啟後 | chéngxiānqǐhòu | - see 承前啟後|承前启后[cheng2 qian2 qi3 hou4] |
| 承前启后 | 承前啟後 | chéngqiánqǐhòu | - to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition - forming a bridge between earlier and later stages |
| 放马后炮 | 放馬後炮 | fàngmǎhòupào | - to fire after the horse has bolted (idiom); to act too late to be effective |
| 最后一天 | 最後一天 | zuìhòuyītiān | - final day |
| 最后晚餐 | 最後晚餐 | zuìhòuwǎncān | - the Last Supper (in the biblical Passion story) |
| 最后期限 | 最後期限 | zuìhòuqīxiàn | - deadline - final time limit (for project) |
| 最后通牒 | 最後通牒 | zuìhòutōngdié | - ultimatum |
| 杭锦后旗 | 杭錦後旗 | Hángjǐnhòuqí | - Hanggin Rear banner or Xanggin Xoit khoshuu in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3], Inner Mongolia |
| 步人后尘 | 步人後塵 | bùrénhòuchén | - to follow in other people's footsteps |
| 死而后已 | 死而後已 | sǐérhòuyǐ | - until death puts an end (idiom); one's whole life - unto one's dying day |
| 水浒后传 | 水滸後傳 | ShuǐhǔHòuzhuàn | - Water Margin Sequel, by Chen Chen 陳忱|陈忱[Chen2 Chen2] |
| 争先恐后 | 爭先恐後 | zhēngxiānkǒnghòu | - striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another |
| 牧神午后 | 牧神午後 | mùshénwǔhòu | - Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, by Claude Debussy based on poem by Stéphane Mallarmé |
| 瞻前顾后 | 瞻前顧後 | zhānqiángùhòu | - to look forward and back - to consider prudently - overcautious |
| 秋后算帐 | 秋後算帳 | qiūhòusuànzhàng | - lit. settling accounts after the autumn harvest (idiom); to wait until the time is ripe to settle accounts - to bide time for revenge |
| 秋后算账 | 秋後算賬 | qiūhòusuànzhàng | - lit. to settle accounts after autumn - settle scores at an opportune moment (idiom) |
| 空前绝后 | 空前絕後 | kōngqiánjuéhòu | - unprecedented and never to be duplicated - the first and the last - unmatched - unique |
| 经济落后 | 經濟落後 | jīngjìluòhòu | - economically backward |
| 紧随其后 | 緊隨其後 | jǐnsuíqíhòu | - to follow closely behind sb or sth (idiom) |
| 总后勤部 | 總後勤部 | zǒnghòuqínbù | - (military) General Logistics Department |
| 置之脑后 | 置之腦後 | zhìzhīnǎohòu | - to banish from one's thoughts - to ignore - to take no notice |
| 舌尖后音 | 舌尖後音 | shéjiānhòuyīn | - retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r) |
| 茶余酒后 | 茶餘酒後 | cháyújiǔhòu | - see 茶餘飯後|茶余饭后[cha2 yu2 fan4 hou4] |
| 茶余饭后 | 茶餘飯後 | cháyúfànhòu | - leisure time (over a cup of tea, after a meal etc) |
| 跋前踬后 | 跋前躓後 | báqiánzhìhòu | - to trip forwards or stumble back (idiom, from Book of Songs); can't get anything right |
| 通过事后 | 通過事後 | tōngguòshìhòu | - off-line |
| 酒后驾车 | 酒後駕車 | jiǔhòujiàchē | - driving under the influence |
| 酒后驾驶 | 酒後駕駛 | jiǔhòujiàshǐ | - driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) |
| 随之而后 | 隨之而後 | suízhīérhòu | - from that - following from that - after that |
| 雨后春笋 | 雨後春筍 | yǔhòuchūnsǔn | - lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom); fig. rapid new growth - many new things emerge in rapid succession |
| 鞍前马后 | 鞍前馬後 | ānqiánmǎhòu | - to follow everywhere - to always be there for sb at their beck and call |
| 饭后服用 | 飯後服用 | fànhòufúyòng | - post cibum (pharm.) - to take (medicine) after a meal |
| 三思而后行 | 三思而後行 | sānsīérhòuxíng | - think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance |
| 事后诸葛亮 | 事後諸葛亮 | shìhòuZhūgěLiàng | - a genius in retrospect (idiom); hindsight is 20-20 |
| 前胸贴后背 | 前胸貼後背 | qiánxiōngtiēhòubèi | - (lit.) chest sticking to back - (fig.) famished - (of several persons) packed chest to back |
| 创伤后压力 | 創傷後壓力 | chuāngshānghòuyālì | - post-traumatic stress |
| 哥林多后书 | 哥林多後書 | Gēlínduōhòushū | - Second epistle of St Paul to the Corinthians |
| 后现代主义 | 後現代主義 | hòuxiàndàizhǔyì | - post-modernism |
| 后置修饰语 | 後置修飾語 | hòuzhìxiūshìyǔ | - postmodifier (grammar) |
| 后词汇加工 | 後詞彙加工 | hòucíhuìjiāgōng | - post-lexical access |
| 按时间先后 | 按時間先後 | ànshíjiānxiānhòu | - chronological |
| 提摩太后书 | 提摩太後書 | Tímótàihòushū | - Second epistle of St Paul to Timothy |
| 最后的晚餐 | 最後的晚餐 | ZuìhòudeWǎncān | - the Last Supper (in the Christian Passion story) |
| 乌拉特后旗 | 烏拉特後旗 | Wūlātèhòuqí | - Urat Rear banner or Urdyn Xoit khoshuu in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3], Inner Mongolia |
| 真后生动物 | 真後生動物 | zhēnhòushēngdòngwù | - eumetazoa - subkingdom of animals excluding sponges |
| 赶前不赶后 | 趕前不趕後 | gǎnqiánbùgǎnhòu | - it's better to hurry at the start than to rush later (idiom) |
| 酒后吐真言 | 酒後吐真言 | jiǔhòutǔzhēnyán | - after wine, spit out the truth - in vino veritas |
| 前怕狼后怕虎 | 前怕狼後怕虎 | qiánpàlánghòupàhǔ | - lit. to fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind (idiom); fig. needless fears - scare mongering - reds under the beds |
| 好戏还在后头 | 好戲還在後頭 | hǎoxìháizàihòutou | - the best part of the show is yet to come - (with ironic tone) the worst is yet to come - you ain't seen nothin' yet |
| 学然后知不足 | 學然後知不足 | xuéránhòuzhībùzú | - to learn is to know one's ignorance (the Book of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4]) |
| 核燃料后处理 | 核燃料後處理 | héránliàohòuchǔlǐ | - nuclear fuel reprocessing |
| 科尔沁左翼后 | 科爾沁左翼後 | Kēěrqìnzuǒyìhòu | - Horqin Left Rear banner or Khorchin Züün Garyn Xoit khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[Tong1 liao2], Inner Mongolia |
| 创伤后压力紊乱 | 創傷後壓力紊亂 | chuāngshānghòuyālìwěnluàn | - post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD |
| 察哈尔右翼后旗 | 察哈爾右翼後旗 | Cháhāěryòuyìhòuqí | - Chahar Right Rear banner or Caxar Baruun Garyn Xoit khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布[Wu1 lan2 cha2 bu4], Inner Mongolia |
| 帖撒罗尼迦后书 | 帖撒羅尼迦後書 | Tiěsāluóníjiāhòushū | - Second epistle of St Paul to the Thessalonians |
| 摊薄后每股盈利 | 攤薄後每股盈利 | tānbóhòuměigǔyínglì | - diluted earnings per share |
| 科尔沁左翼后旗 | 科爾沁左翼後旗 | Kēěrqìnzuǒyìhòuqí | - Horqin Left Rear banner or Khorchin Züün Garyn Xoit khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[Tong1 liao2], Inner Mongolia |
| 置之死地而后生 | 置之死地而後生 | zhìzhīsǐdìérhòushēng | - 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 |
| 长江后浪催前浪 | 長江後浪催前浪 | ChángJiānghòulàngcuīqiánlàng | - see 長江後浪推前浪|长江后浪推前浪[Chang2 Jiang1 hou4 lang4 tui1 qian2 lang4] |
| 长江后浪推前浪 | 長江後浪推前浪 | ChángJiānghòulàngtuīqiánlàng | - lit. the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before (idiom) - fig. the new is constantly replacing the old - each new generation excels the previous - (of things) to be constantly evolving |
| 前无古人后无来者 | 前無古人後無來者 | qiánwúgǔrénhòuwúláizhě | - to surpass all others of its kind before and since - to have neither predecessors nor successors |
| 不孝有三，无后为大 | 不孝有三，無後為大 | bùxiàoyǒusān,wúhòuwéidà | - There are three ways to be unfilial; having no sons is the worst. (citation from Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3]) |
| 前不巴村，后不巴店 | 前不巴村，後不巴店 | qiánbùbācūn,hòubùbādiàn | - 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] |
| 前不着村，后不着店 | 前不著村，後不著店 | qiánbùzháocūn,hòubùzháodiàn | - lit. no village ahead and no inn behind (idiom) - fig. to be stranded in the middle of nowhere - to be in a predicament |
| 前事不忘，后事之师 | 前事不忘，後事之師 | qiánshìbùwàng,hòushìzhīshī | - don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom); benefit from past experience |
| 前人栽树，后人乘凉 | 前人栽樹，後人乘涼 | qiánrénzāishù,hòurénchéngliáng | - to enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom) |
| 前车之覆，后车之鉴 | 前車之覆，後車之鑒 | qiánchēzhīfù,hòuchēzhījiàn | - 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 |
| 前门打虎，后门打狼 | 前門打虎，後門打狼 | qiánméndǎhǔ,hòuméndǎláng | - 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 |
| 前门拒虎，后门进狼 | 前門拒虎，後門進狼 | qiánménjùhǔ,hòuménjìnláng | - 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 |
| 大难不死，必有后福 | 大難不死，必有後福 | dànànbùsǐ,bìyǒuhòufú | - one is bound for good fortune after surviving a great disaster (proverb) |
| 打蛇不死，后患无穷 | 打蛇不死，後患無窮 | dǎshébùsǐ,hòuhuànwúqióng | - beat the snake to death or it will cause endless calamity (idiom); nip the problem in the bud |
| 螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后 | 螳螂捕蟬，黃雀在後 | tánglángbǔchán,huángquèzàihòu | - The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger |
| 鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已 | 鞠躬盡瘁，死而後已 | jūgōngjìncuì,sǐérhòuyǐ | - to bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life - with every breath in one's body, unto one's dying day |
| 耶稣基督后期圣徒教会 | 耶穌基督後期聖徒教會 | YēsūJīdūHòuqīShèngtúJiàohuì | - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
| 前不见古人，后不见来者 | 前不見古人，後不見來者 | qiánbùjiàngǔrén,hòubùjiànláizhě | - unique - unprecedented (idiom) |
| 老鼠拖木锨，大头在后头 | 老鼠拖木鍁，大頭在後頭 | lǎoshǔtuōmùxiān,dàtóuzàihòutou | - when the mice drag a shovel, the biggest thing comes second - the tip of the iceberg - the cockroach principle |
| 谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好 | 誰笑到最後，誰笑得最好 | shéixiàodàozuìhòu,shéixiàodézuìhǎo | - He laughs best who laughs last. |
| 谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好 | 誰笑在最後，誰笑得最好 | shéixiàozàizuìhòu,shéixiàodézuìhǎo | - He laughs best who laughs last. |
| 饭后一支烟，赛过活神仙 | 飯後一支煙，賽過活神仙 | fànhòuyīzhīyān,sàiguòhuóshénxiān | - have a smoke after each meal and you will surpass the immortals (proverb) |
| 饭后百步走，活到九十九 | 飯後百步走，活到九十九 | fànhòubǎibùzǒu,huódàojiǔshíjiǔ | - walk a hundred steps after each meal and you will live a long life (proverb) |
| 创伤后心理压力紧张综合症 | 創傷後心理壓力緊張綜合症 | chuāngshānghòuxīnlǐyālìjǐnzhāngzōnghézhèng | - post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) |
| 虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后 | 虛心使人進步，驕傲使人落後 | xūxīnshǐrénjìnbù,jiāoàoshǐrénluòhòu | - Modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you drop behind (favorite slogan of Mao Zedong) |
| 先天下之忧而忧，后天下之乐而乐 | 先天下之憂而憂，後天下之樂而樂 | xiāntiānxiàzhīyōuéryōu,hòutiānxiàzhīlèérlè | - 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 範仲淹|范仲淹 |
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