瞠乎后矣

瞠乎后矣 in English

chēng hū hòu yǐ: (idiom) To be left staring helplessly from behind, unable to catch up with others. It describes falling irretrievably behind.

Character breakdown

瞠 chēng stare at sth beyond reach
乎 hū (classical particle similar to 於|于[yu2])…
后後 hòu back
矣 yǐ classical final particle, similar to mod…

Stroke order

Le caractère 乎 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 乎

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 后 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 后

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

乎

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 12 forms

后

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 10 forms

矣

Bronze script 戰國晚期.晉
Clerical script 東漢
See all 11 forms

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

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