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Chinese Pinyin Translation
以后 以後 yǐ hòu after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future 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
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
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
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过时 過時 guò shí old-fashioned / out of date / to be later than the time stipulated or agreed upon syn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
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
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
后人 後人 hòu rén later generation syn
晚年 wǎn nián one's later years syn
其后 其後 qí hòu next / later / after that 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
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
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)
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
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
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
等一下 děng yī xià to wait a moment / later / in awhile
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
另行通知 lìng xíng tōng zhī to notify at a different time / to notify later / to give prior notice
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
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
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)
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
后汉 後漢 hòu hàn Later Han or Eastern Han dynasty (25-220) / Later Han of the Five Dynasties (947-950)
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
后周 後周 hòu zhōu Later Zhou of the Five Dynasties (951-960), centered on Shandong and Hebei, with capital at Kaifeng 開封|开封[Kai1 feng1]
旧唐书 舊唐書 jiù táng shū History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫|刘昫[Liu2 Xu4] in 945 during Later Jin 後晉|后晋[Hou4 Jin4] of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls
新唐书 新唐書 xīn táng shū History of the Later Tang Dynasty, seventeenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[Ou1 yang2 Xiu1] and Song Qi 宋祁[Song4 Qi2] in 1060 during Northern Song 北宋[Bei3 Song4], 225 scrolls
后唐 後唐 hòu táng Later Tang of the Five Dynasties (923-936)
石勒 shí lè Shi Le, founder of Later Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms 後趙|后赵[Hou4 Zhao4] (319-350)
再见 再見 zài jiàn goodbye / see you again later syn
曹操 cáo cāo Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕 / the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义
燕 yān Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day 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) / surname Yan syn
后梁 後梁 hòu liáng Later Liang of the Five Dynasties (907-923)
唐书 唐書 táng shū same as 舊唐書|旧唐书[Jiu4 Tang2 shu1], History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫|刘昫[Liu2 Xu4] in 945 during Later Jin 後晉|后晋[Hou4 Jin4] of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls
黄巾起义 黃巾起義 huáng jīn qǐ yì Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184)
寅吃卯粮 寅吃卯糧 yín chī mǎo liáng lit. eating away next year's food in advance / fig. to dip into the next month's check / live now, pay later syn
新五代史 xīn wǔ dài shǐ Later History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), nineteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[Ou1 yang2 Xiu1] in 1053 during Northern Song Dynasty, 74 scrolls
后账 後賬 hòu zhàng undisclosed account / to settle matters later / to blame sb after the event
后金 後金 hòu jīn Later Jin dynasty (from 1616-) / Manchu Khanate or kingdom that took over as Qing dynasty in 1644
来日方长 來日方長 lái rì fāng cháng the future is long (idiom) / there will be ample time for that later / We'll cross that bridge when we get there
承上起下 chéng shàng qǐ xià to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
颐养天年 頤養天年 yí yǎng tiān nián lit. to nurture one's years (idiom) / fig. to enjoy one's later years
养虎伤身 養虎傷身 yǎng hǔ shāng shēn Rear a tiger and court disaster. (idiom) / fig. if you're too lenient with sb, he will damage you later / to cherish a snake in one's bosom
养虎遗患 養虎遺患 yǎng hǔ yí huàn Rear a tiger and court disaster. (idiom) / fig. if you're too lenient with sb, he will damage you later / to cherish a snake in one's bosom syn
一回生，二回熟 yī huí shēng , èr huí shú lit. at first raw, later ripe (idiom) / unfamiliar at first but you get used to it / strangers at first meeting, but soon friends / awkward at first but becoming skillful later / an acquired taste
朱温 朱溫 zhū wēn Zhu Wen (852-912), military governor 節度使|节度使[jie2 du4 shi3] at the end of Tang, founder of Later Liang of the Five Dynasties (907-923), also known as Emperor Taizu of Later Liang 後梁太祖|后梁太祖[Hou4 Liang2 Tai4 zu3]
更迟 更遲 gèng chí later
一小时以后 一小時以後 yì xiǎo shí yǐ hòu a short time later
汗血马 汗血馬 hàn xuè mǎ (in ancient times) Ferghana horse / (later) fine horse
后秦 後秦 hòu qín Later Qin of the Sixteen Kingdoms (384-417)
后燕 後燕 hòu yān Later Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (384-409)
皇甫嵩 huáng fǔ sōng Huangfu Song (-195), later Han general and warlord
黄巾民变 黃巾民變 huáng jīn mín biàn the Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184)
荆轲 荊軻 jīng kē Jing Ke (-227 BC), celebrated in verse and fiction as would-be assassin of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇)
燕太子丹 yān tài zǐ dān Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政[Qin2 Ying2 Zheng4] (later the First Emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]) by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲[Jing1 Ke1] in 227 BC
五凉 五涼 wǔ liáng the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼|前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼|后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼|北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼|南凉[Nan2 Liang2] (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421)
先期录音 先期錄音 xiān qī lù yīn (filmmaking) to prerecord a musical soundtrack to which actors will later synchronize their performance during filming
前汉书 前漢書 qián 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
刘昫 劉昫 liú xù Liu Xu (887-946), politician in Later Jin of the Five Dynasties 後晉|后晋[Hou4 Jin4], compiled History of Early Tang Dynasty 舊唐書|旧唐书[Jiu4 Tang2 shu1]
太子丹 tài zǐ dān Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]) by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲[Jing1 Ke1] in 227 BC
失之东隅，收之桑榆 失之東隅，收之桑榆 shī zhī dōng yú , shōu zhī sāng yú to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom) / to compensate later for one's earlier loss / what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
宋祁 sòng qí Song Qi (998-1061), Song dynasty poet and writer, coauthor of History of the Later Tang Dynasty 新唐書|新唐书
后晋 後晉 hòu jìn Later Jin of the Five Dynasties (936-946)
後凉 hòu liáng Later Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms (386-403)
后赵 後趙 hòu zhào Later Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (319-350)
敬酒不吃吃罚酒 敬酒不吃吃罰酒 jìng jiǔ bù chī chī fá jiǔ lit. to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit (idiom) / fig. to turn down a request only to be forced later to comply with it under pressure
新朝 xīn cháo the Xin dynasty (8-23 AD) of Wang Mang 王莽, forming the interregnum between the former and later Han
朱俊 朱儁 zhū jùn Zhu Jun (-195), politician and general at the end of later Han
东现汉纪 東現漢紀 dōng xiàn hàn jì Records of the Eastern Han, model for History of Later Han 後漢書|后汉书
东观汉记 東觀漢記 dōng guān hàn jì History of Later Han dynasty, internal palace record by many 1st and 2nd century authors, 143 scrolls
民国通俗演义 民國通俗演義 mín guó tōng sú yǎn yì Dramatized history of Republican China until 1927 by Cai Dongfan 蔡東藩|蔡东藩, and later chapters by Xu Qinfu 許廑父|许廑父
清太宗 qīng tài zōng posthumous title of Hong Taiji 皇太極|皇太极[Huang2 Tai4 ji2] (1592-1643), eighth son of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤[Nu3 er3 ha1 chi4], reigned 1626-1636 as Second Khan of Later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1], then founded the Qing dynasty 大清[Da4 Qing1] and reigned 1636-1643 as Emperor
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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