後 [hou4]

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汉字：後／拼音：hou4

後

hòu	back/ behind/ rear/ afterwards/ after/ later/ post-

异体

后後

（後）的使用实例：

简体	繁体	拼音	英文
三思而后行	三思而後行	san1 si1 er2 hou4 xing2	think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance
不孝有三，无后为大	不孝有三，無後為大	bu4 xiao4 you3 san1 , wu2 hou4 wei2 da4	There are three ways to be unfilial; having no sons is the worst. (citation from Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3])
不甘人后	不甘人後	bu4 gan1 ren2 hou4	(idiom) not want to be outdone/ not content to lag behind
不甘后人	不甘後人	bu4 gan1 hou4 ren2	(idiom) not want to be outdone/ not content to lag behind
不顾前后	不顧前後	bu4 gu4 qian2 hou4	regardless of what's before or after (idiom); rushing blindly into sth
之后	之後	zhi1 hou4	afterwards/ following/ later/ after
九零后	九零後	jiu3 ling2 hou4	90s generation
事后	事後	shi4 hou4	after the event/ in hindsight/ in retrospect
事后聪明	事後聰明	shi4 hou4 cong1 ming5	wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it
事后诸葛亮	事後諸葛亮	shi4 hou4 Zhu1 ge3 Liang4	a genius in retrospect (idiom); hindsight is 20-20
今后	今後	jin1 hou4	hereafter/ henceforth/ in the future/ from now on
以后	以後	yi3 hou4	after/ later/ afterwards/ following/ later on/ in the future
先来后到	先來後到	xian1 lai2 hou4 dao4	in order of arrival/ first come, first served
先兵后礼	先兵後禮	xian1 bing1 hou4 li3	opposite of 先禮後兵\|先礼后兵[xian1 li3 hou4 bing1]
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	xian1 tian1 xia4 zhi1 you1 er2 you1 , hou4 tian1 xia4 zhi1 le4 er2 le4	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]
先后	先後	xian1 hou4	early or late/ priority/ in succession/ one after another
先后顺序	先後順序	xian1 hou4 shun4 xu4	order of priority/ sequential order
先斩后奏	先斬後奏	xian1 zhan3 hou4 zou4	first decapitate then present your trophy (idiom); act first, report later
先有后婚	先有後婚	xian1 you3 hou4 hun1	to marry after getting pregnant
先礼后兵	先禮後兵	xian1 li3 hou4 bing1	peaceful measures before using force (idiom); diplomacy before violence/ jaw-jaw is better than war-war
光前裕后	光前裕後	guang1 qian2 yu4 hou4	to bring honor to one's ancestors and benefit future generations (idiom)
其后	其後	qi2 hou4	next/ later/ after that
刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后	刀不磨要生銹，人不學要落後	dao1 bu4 mo2 yao4 sheng1 xiu4 , ren2 bu4 xue2 yao4 luo4 hou4	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，后不巴店	前不巴村，後不巴店	qian2 bu4 ba1 cun1 , hou4 bu4 ba1 dian4	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	qian2 bu4 zhao2 cun1 , hou4 bu4 zhao2 dian4	lit. no village ahead and no inn behind (idiom)/ fig. to be stranded in the middle of nowhere/ to be in a predicament
前不见古人，后不见来者	前不見古人，後不見來者	qian2 bu4 jian4 gu3 ren2 , hou4 bu4 jian4 lai2 zhe3	unique/ unprecedented (idiom)
前事不忘，后事之师	前事不忘，後事之師	qian2 shi4 bu4 wang4 , hou4 shi4 zhi1 shi1	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	qian2 ren2 zai1 shu4 , hou4 ren2 cheng2 liang2	to enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom)
前仆后继	前仆後繼	qian2 pu1 hou4 ji4	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	qian2 yang3 hou4 he2	to sway to and fro/ to rock back and forth

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