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back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post-
HSK 1
final / last / finally / ultimate
HSK 1
the day after tomorrow / life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天) / acquired (not innate or congenital) / a posteriori
HSK 1
the back; the rear; the last bit / behind; near the end; at the back / later; afterwards
HSK 1
after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future
HSK 2
then; after that; afterwards
HSK 2
hereafter / henceforth / in the future / from now on
HSK 2
afterwards; later / newly arrived
HSK 2
the back; the rear; the last bit / behind; near the end; at the back / later; afterwards
HSK 3
around / from beginning to end / all around / front and rear
HSK 3
consequences / aftermath
HSK 3
behind / at the back / in the rear / behind sb's back
HSK 3
to fall behind / to lag (in technology etc) / backward / to retrogress
HSK 3
the year after next
HSK 3
after; behind / (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
HSK 4
behind / the back / the rear / later / afterwards / (in) the future
HSK 4
early or late; first and last; priority / in succession; one after another
HSK 5
soon after
HSK 5
after this / afterwards / hereafter
HSK 5
to regret; to feel remorse
HSK 5
after the event
HSK 6
from now on / in the future / time to come
HSK 6
after the event / in hindsight / in retrospect
HSK 6
backstage area / behind-the-scenes supporter / (computing) back-end / background
HSK 7-9
follow-up / (dialect) to remarry
HSK 7-9
logistics
HSK 7-9
descendant; progeny / posterity; later ages; later generations
HSK 7-9
reserve; backup
HSK 7-9
later generation
HSK 7-9
behind the scenes
HSK 7-9
in a little while; shortly after
HSK 7-9
descendant
HSK 7-9
late stage / later period
HSK 7-9
the latter
HSK 7-9
to advance dauntlessly in wave upon wave (idiom)
HSK 7-9
sometime / someday (in the future)
HSK 7-9
to recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat
HSK 7-9
to lag behind
HSK 7-9
support / backing
HSK 7-9
next / later / after that
HSK 7-9
lit. firing after the horse / fig. belated action / giving advice in hindsight
HSK 7-9
lit. firing after the horse / fig. belated action / giving advice in hindsight
HSK 7-9
striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another
HSK 7-9
to sway to and fro / to rock back and forth
HSK 7-9
to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future / to ponder over reasons and connection
HSK 7-9
(medicine) sequelae / residual effects / (fig.) repercussions / aftermath
HSK 7-9
(lit.) to enter through the back door / (fig.) to pull strings; to use connections / (fig.) (slang) to have anal sex
HSK 7-9
trunk / boot (of a car)
HSK 7-9
from now on / henceforward
HSK 7-9
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"
HSK 7-9
people born between 1995-01-01 and 1999-12-31 / Gen Z (abbr. for 95後|95 + 00後|00)
after the war / postwar
impression or feeling after visiting or watching (movies, museums etc)
after tax
suffix (linguistics)
backend (computing)
(military) the enemy's rear / behind enemy lines
harem / chambers of imperial concubines
back door; back gate / (fig.) back-door influence; under-the-table dealings / anus / (computing) backdoor
prognosis
backward
to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
less advanced / underdeveloped / lagging behind / the younger generation / the less experienced ones
to place after (e.g. in grammar) / postposition
energy to continue after the initial phase of an activity / delayed effect
a playoff
the rear / far behind the front line
Houhai, a lake and the area surrounding it in central Beijing
after drinking / under the influence of alcohol
rear guard / backfield / fullback
afternoon
impression of a book / opinion expressed in a book review
the young will be redoubtable in the years to come (idiom) / the younger generations will surpass us in time
rear wheel
epilogue / afterword
the time after one's death / a place behind sb / (fig.) one's social background
hindbrain / back of the head
postdoc; postdoctoral fellow
to stand back / to go back (in time) / to yield / to make concessions
rear court / back garden / backyard (also fig.)
young generation / youth / young man
(one moment ...,) the next ... / trailing foot (in walking)
later generations
to deal with the aftermath (arising from an accident) / funeral arrangements / reparations
after death / posthumous
to postpone / to defer / to delay
the back (human anatomy) / the back part of sth
to pull back (an army) / to retreat
(medicine) tenesmus
defensive position (in chess) / room for maneuver; a way of escape
the back row (in a theater etc); the rear seats (in a vehicle)
recoil (of a gun) / backlash
heel (part of a foot) / heel (of a sock) / counter (the part of a shoe that cups the back of one's heel) / followed by (used in describing a format, such as "filename followed by file extension")
reinforcement / back-up / supporting force
junior scholar or pupil in imperial China
postnatal
back seat / pillion
backyard / imperial harem / (slang) anus
back cover / shell (of crab etc)
escape route / retreat route / communication lines to the rear / alternative course of action / room for maneuver

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