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后生

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hòu shēng

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Definitions

  1. 1. young generation
  2. 2. youth
  3. 3. young man

Words Containing 后生

后生动物
hòu shēng dòng wù

metazoa

后生可畏
hòu shēng kě wèi

the young will be redoubtable in the years to come (idiom)

真后生动物
zhēn hòu shēng dòng wù

eumetazoa

置之死地而后生
zhì zhī sǐ dì ér hòu shēng

place sb on a field of death and he will fight to live (idiom based on Sunzi's \The Art of War\ 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[sūn zǐ bīng fǎ]); to fight desperately when confronting mortal danger

Child Words of 后生

后
hòu

empress

生
shēng

to be born

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