Results for “后”

velar nasal / consonant ng or ŋ produced in the nose with the back of the tongue against the soft palate

people born between 1995-01-01 and 1999-12-31 / Gen Z (abbr. for 95後|95后[jiǔ wǔ hòu] + 00後|00后[líng líng hòu])

there are three ways to be unfilial / having no sons is the worst (from Mencius 孟子[Mèng zǐ])

(idiom) not want to be outdone / not content to lag behind

(idiom) not want to be outdone / not content to lag behind

regardless of what's before or after (idiom) / rushing blindly into sth

90s generation

wise after the event (idiom) / with hindsight, one should have predicted it

person who is wise after the event

(idiom) in order of arrival / first come, first served

opposite of 先禮後兵|先礼后兵[xiān lǐ hòu bīng]

to be the first to worry about affairs of state, and the last to enjoy oneself (quotation from the essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记[Yuè yáng Lóu Jì] by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹[Fàn Zhòng yān])

to be born with a weak constitution and suffer from ill health during one's life / (fig.) to be problematic from the start, and get even worse over time

nature versus nurture

sequential order

(lit.) execute sb first, then report to the emperor (idiom) / (fig.) to act first and report later / to take action without prior approval

to marry after getting pregnant

(idiom) try persuasion before resorting to force

to bring honor to one's ancestors and benefit future generations (idiom)

(proverb) a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened / a man will fall behind if he doesn't study

see 前不著村，後不著店|前不着村，后不着店[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

unique / unprecedented (idiom)

don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom) / benefit from past experience

to enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom)

one falls, the next follows (idiom) / stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades / advancing wave upon wave

to sway to and fro / to rock back and forth

to rock one's body backward and forward / to be convulsed (with laughter etc)

to switch from arrogance to deference (idiom)

(of a woman) to have nice curves / buxom / shapely

cause and effects (idiom) / entire process of development

context / the surrounding words / same as 上下文

lit. to fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind (idiom) / fig. to be full of needless fears / reds under the beds

there has never been and never will be another person like this (idiom) / never done before and unlikely to be matched in the future / peerless

(lit.) chest sticking to back / (fig.) famished / (of several persons) packed chest to back

to advance dauntlessly in wave upon wave (idiom)

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

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

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

(Tw) post-traumatic stress disorder / PTSD