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"later generation" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
后人 後人 hòu rén later generation syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
下 xià down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action syn
总 總 zǒng general / overall / to sum up / in every case / always / invariably / anyway / after all / eventually / sooner or later / surely / (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc syn
以后 以後 yǐ hòu after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future syn
后面 後面 hòu mian the back / the rear / the last bit / behind / near the end / at the back / later / afterwards syn
后来 後來 hòu lái afterwards / later / newly arrived syn
再说 再說 zài shuō to say again / to put off a discussion until later / moreover / what's more / besides syn
回头 回頭 huí tóu to turn round / to turn one's head / later / by and by syn
代 dài to be a substitute for / to act on behalf of / to replace / to substitute / generation / dynasty / age / period / (historical) era / (geological) eon syn
保留 bǎo liú to keep / to retain / to have reservations (about sth) / to hold back (from saying sth) / to put aside for later syn
世 shì life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble syn
迟早 遲早 chí zǎo sooner or later syn
后 後 hòu back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post- syn
待会儿 待會兒 dāi huì r in a moment / later / also pr. [dai1 hui3 r5] or [dai1 hui5 r5] syn
回见 回見 huí jiàn See you later! syn
过时 過時 guò shí old-fashioned / out of date / to be later than the time stipulated or agreed upon syn
后代 後代 hòu dài descendant / progeny / posterity / later ages / later generations syn
早晚 zǎo wǎn morning and evening / (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later / one of these days / (coll.) (this, or that) point of time / (dialect) at some time in the future syn
一代 yī dài generation syn
后边 後邊 hòu bian the back / the rear / the last bit / behind / near the end / at the back / later / afterwards syn
后头 後頭 hòu tou behind / the back / the rear / later / afterwards / (in) the future syn
前辈 前輩 qián bèi senior / older generation / precursor syn
下一代 xià yī dài the next generation syn
长辈 長輩 zhǎng bèi one's elders / older generation syn
后期 後期 hòu qī late stage / later period syn
晚期 wǎn qī later period / end stage / terminal syn
塑像 sù xiàng to sculpt or mold a statue (by shaping a pliable material such as clay, plaster or wax, which may later be cast in metal – as distinct from carving in stone or wood) / a statue created through such a process syn
媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law / wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation syn
先辈 先輩 xiān bèi an older generation / ancestors / forefathers syn
子弟 zǐ dì child / the younger generation syn
世代 shì dài for many generations / generation / era / age syn
一世 yī shì generation / period of 30 years / one's whole lifetime / lifelong / age / era / times / the whole world / the First (of numbered European kings) syn
晚年 wǎn nián one's later years syn
父辈 父輩 fù bèi people of one's parents' generation syn
其后 其後 qí hòu next / later / after that syn
代代相传 代代相傳 dài dài xiāng chuán passed on from generation to generation (idiom) / to hand down syn
后起之秀 後起之秀 hòu qǐ zhī xiù (idiom) an up-and-coming youngster / new talent / a brilliant younger generation syn
祖传 祖傳 zǔ chuán passed on from ancestors / handed down from generation to generation syn
后世 後世 hòu shì later generations syn
内定 內定 nèi dìng to select sb for a position without announcing the decision until later / to decide behind closed doors / all cut and dried
后生 後生 hòu shēng young generation / youth / young man syn
代沟 代溝 dài gōu generation gap
后辈 後輩 hòu bèi younger generation syn
旧物 舊物 jiù wù old property (esp. inherited from former generation) / former territory syn
老一辈 老一輩 lǎo yī bèi previous generation / older generation syn
小辈 小輩 xiǎo bèi the younger generation syn
后来居上 後來居上 hòu lái jū shàng lit. late-comer lives above (idiom) / the up-and-coming youngster outstrips the older generation / the pupil surpasses the master syn
缓期 緩期 huǎn qī to defer / to put off (until later) / to postpone syn
东汉 東漢 dōng hàn Eastern or later Han dynasty, 25-220
蓝本 藍本 lán běn blueprint / source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based syn
晚辈 晚輩 wǎn bèi the younger generation / those who come after syn
新生代 xīn shēng dài new generation
末代 mò dài final generation syn
努尔哈赤 努爾哈赤 nǔ ěr hā chì Nurhaci (1559-1626), founder and first Khan of the Manchu Later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1] (from 1616)
同辈 同輩 tóng bèi of the same generation / person of the same generation / peer syn
后进 後進 hòu jìn less advanced / underdeveloped / lagging behind / the younger generation / the less experienced ones syn
留待 liú dài to leave sth for later / to postpone (work, a decision etc)
后话 後話 hòu huà something to be taken up later in speech or writing
火力发电 火力發電 huǒ lì fā diàn thermal power generation
足下 zú xià you (used to a superior or between persons of the same generation) / below the foot syn
女真 nǚ zhēn Jurchen, a Tungus ethnic group, predecessor of the Manchu ethnic group who founded the Later Jin Dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1] and Qing Dynasty
继往开来 繼往開來 jì wǎng kāi lái to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages syn
秘传 祕傳 mì chuán to hand down secret knowledge from generation to generation within a school or family etc
祖祖辈辈 祖祖輩輩 zǔ zǔ bèi bèi for generations / from generation to generation syn
换代 換代 huàn dài to transition to a new dynasty or regime / to replace an older product with an upgraded, new-generation one syn
二世 èr shì the Second (of numbered kings) / second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans)
垫付 墊付 diàn fù to pay sb else's expense with the expectation of being reimbursed by that person later syn
承前启后 承前啟後 chéng qián qǐ hòu to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages syn
后面 後面 hòu miàn rear / back / behind / later / afterwards / also pr. [hou4 mian5] syn
小子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster / (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation) / (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) syn
新一代 xīn yī dài new generation syn
等一下 děng yī xià to wait a moment / later / in awhile
传给 傳給 chuán gei to pass on (to sb) / to send / to pass (e.g. in football) / to give directly (by hand) / to deliver / to hand over / to transfer / to relay / to transmit / to hand on (to the next generation)
刘备 劉備 liú bèi Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀漢|蜀汉 (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty
第二代 dì èr dài second generation
第三代 dì sān dài third generation
二代 èr dài second generation
第一代 dì yī dài first generation
绝代 絕代 jué dài peerless / unmatched in his generation / incomparable (talent, beauty) syn
另行通知 lìng xíng tōng zhī to notify at a different time / to notify later / to give prior notice
第四代 dì sì dài fourth generation
第五代 dì wǔ dài fifth generation
汉书 漢書 hàn shū History of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Ban Gu 班固[Ban1 Gu4] in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls
吴三桂 吳三桂 wú sān guì Wu Sangui (1612-1678), Chinese general who let the Manchus into China and helped them establish the Qing Dynasty, later leading a revolt against Qing in an effort to start his own dynasty
隔世 gé shì separated by a generation / a lifetime ago
八旗 bā qí Eight Banners, military organization of Manchu later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1] from c. 1600, subsequently of the Qing dynasty
既而 jì ér soon after / later / then
第六代 dì liù dài sixth generation
王莽 wáng mǎng Wang Mang (45 BC-23 AD), usurped power and reigned 9-23 between the former and later Han
燕国 燕國 yān guó Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning / north Hebei / the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕[Qian2 Yan1] (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕[Hou4 Yan1] (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1] (409-436)
长江后浪推前浪 長江後浪推前浪 cháng jiāng hòu làng tuī qián làng lit. the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before (idiom) / fig. the new is constantly replacing the old / each new generation excels the previous / (of things) to be constantly evolving
后汉书 後漢書 hòu hàn shū History of Eastern Han (later Han), third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Fan Ye 范曄|范晔[Fan4 Ye4] in 445 during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4], 120 scrolls
高云 高雲 gāo yún Gao Yun (died 409) emperor of Northern or Later Yan dynasty
同侪 同儕 tóng chái peer / member of the same class, generation or social group
后汉 後漢 hòu hàn Later Han or Eastern Han dynasty (25-220) / Later Han of the Five Dynasties (947-950)
业障 業障 yè zhàng karmic hindrance (Buddhism) / karmic consequences that stand in the way of enlightenment / (term of abuse, especially toward the younger generation) devil spawn / (fig.) money syn
潘岳 pān yuè Pan Yue (247-300), later known as 潘安[Pan1 An1], prominent Western Jin poet, also famous for his good looks, such that his name became a byword for "extremely handsome man"
留传 留傳 liú chuán to bequeath (to later generations) / a legacy
孝廉 xiào lián xiaolian, two examination subjects in Han, later a single subject in Ming and Qing / successful second degree candidate
晚育 wǎn yù late childbirth / to have a child at a later age
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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