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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
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  *后* | 后* | *后
empress / queen / (archaic) monarch / ruler
HSK 1
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  *後* | 後* | *後
back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post-
HSK 1
the back; the rear; the last bit / behind; near the end; at the back / later; afterwards
HSK 1
afterwards; later / newly arrived
HSK 2
consequences / aftermath
HSK 3
the back; the rear; the last bit / behind; near the end; at the back / later; afterwards
HSK 3
the year after next
HSK 3
behind / the back / the rear / later / afterwards / (in) the future
HSK 4
to regret; to feel remorse
HSK 5
follow-up / (dialect) to remarry
HSK 7-9
to recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat
HSK 7-9
descendant; progeny / posterity; later ages; later generations
HSK 7-9
the latter
HSK 7-9
backstage area / behind-the-scenes supporter / (computing) back-end / background
HSK 7-9
logistics
HSK 7-9
reserve; backup
HSK 7-9
descendant
HSK 7-9
late stage / later period
HSK 7-9
support / backing
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
(medicine) sequelae / residual effects / (fig.) repercussions / aftermath
HSK 7-9
later generation
HSK 7-9
trunk / boot (of a car)
HSK 7-9
harem / chambers of imperial concubines
the back (human anatomy) / the back part of sth
Later Jin dynasty (from 1616-) / Manchu Khanate or kingdom that took over as Qing dynasty in 1644
back door; back gate / (fig.) back-door influence; under-the-table dealings / anus / (computing) backdoor
rearview mirror
middle of the back
afterthought / reflection after an event / a review (of a movie etc)
rear wheel
payment made afterwards / postpaid
rear guard / backfield / fullback
lower back / (sports) defensive midfielder
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  *后* | 后* | *后
surname Hou
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")
later generations
the rear / far behind the front line
final part / rear / back end / final segment / the following section / last paragraph
defensive position (in chess) / room for maneuver; a way of escape
Houlung town in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县, northwest Taiwan
(one moment ...,) the next ... / trailing foot (in walking)
the back row (in a theater etc); the rear seats (in a vehicle)
future events / and what happened next... (in fiction) / funeral arrangements
back of the head
back seat / pillion
(coll.) stepmother
energy to continue after the initial phase of an activity / delayed effect
backyard / imperial harem / (slang) anus
younger generation
less advanced / underdeveloped / lagging behind / the younger generation / the less experienced ones
heir / descendant / posterity
to realize in hindsight; to realize belatedly; to be late to the party
junior scholar or pupil in imperial China
rear court / back garden / backyard (also fig.)
hindbrain / back of the head
reinforcement / back-up / supporting force
suffix (linguistics)
escape route / retreat route / communication lines to the rear / alternative course of action / room for maneuver
recoil (of a gun) / backlash
lingering fear / fear after the event / post-traumatic stress
to pull back (an army) / to retreat
young generation / youth / young man
History of Eastern Han (later Han), third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed by Fan Ye 范曄|范晔 in 445 during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋, 120 scrolls
something to be taken up later in speech or writing
(idiom) an up-and-coming youngster; new talent; a brilliant younger generation
evacuation (military)
taillight
(idiom) there will be no end of trouble in the future
Later Qin of the Sixteen Kingdoms (384-417)
I'm sure we'll meet again some day. (idiom) / Hope to see you again.
after-effect
to have no qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking
the day after tomorrow
(idiom) to have qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking
recoil (of a gun) / backlash / reactive force
trailing edge (of airplane wing)
rearguard
Wei of the Northern Dynasties 386-534
stepfather
the young will be redoubtable in the years to come (idiom) / the younger generations will surpass us in time
latter half of one's life
Later Jin of the Five Dynasties (936-946)
Later Zhou of the Five Dynasties (951-960), centered on Shandong and Hebei, with capital at Kaifeng 開封|开封
epilogue / afterword
back section
Later Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (384-409)
Later Tang of the Five Dynasties (923-936)
rear view / figure seen from behind / view of the back (of a person or object)
too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.
Later Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms (386-403)
undisclosed account / to settle matters later / to blame sb after the event
Later Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (319-350)
afterdeck
stepmother
Later Liang of the Five Dynasties (907-923)
lit. trailing dust / fig. sb's footsteps / course in life
(dialect) unfinished business / trailing sound

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