anapodoton (a 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)
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to follow in other people's footsteps
after death / posthumous
until death puts an end (idiom) / one's whole life / unto one's dying day
to lag behind
after a catastrophe / post-traumatic
recoilless rifle
see 爭先恐後|争先恐后[]
henceforth / thereafter / subsequently
postpartum depression
postpartum depression
to provide an heir / to ensure the continuation of a family line
to leave oneself a way out / to provide oneself with a fallback
(idiom) (euphemism) after (sb's) death
eumetazoa / subkingdom of animals excluding sponges
lit. to look forward and back (idiom) / fig. to consider carefully / to weigh the pros and cons / fig. to be overcautious and indecisive
lit. settle accounts after the autumn harvest (idiom) / to wait until the time is ripe to settle accounts / to bide one's time for revenge
lit. to settle accounts after autumn (idiom) / fig. to settle scores at an opportune time
after tax
postsynaptic
to have no offspring / never to be seen again / unique
economically backward
to follow closely behind sb or sth (idiom)
later / afterwards
(idiom based on Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[]) to deploy one's troops in such a way that there is no possibility of retreat, so that they will fight for their lives and win the battle / to fight desperately when confronted with mortal danger / to find a way to emerge from a dire situation
when the mice drag a shovel, the biggest thing comes second / the tip of the iceberg / the cockroach principle
the back of the head / (fig.) the back of one's mind
hamstring muscle
retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)
see 茶餘飯後|茶余饭后[]
leisure time (over a cup of tea, after a meal etc)
modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind (quote of Mao Zedong)
(lit.) the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the siskin behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[]) / (fig.) to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
postoperative / after surgery
(medicine) tenesmus
impression or feeling after visiting or watching (movies, museums etc)
mirror showing a view to one's rear (including rearview mirror, side-view mirror, baby view mirror etc)
after liberation (i.e. after the Communist's victory) / after the establishment of PRC in 1949
He laughs best who laughs last.
He laughs best who laughs last.
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