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Definitions

  1. 1. after that
  2. 2. then

Words Containing 而后

三思而后行
sān sī ér hòu xíng

think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance

死而后已
sǐ ér hòu yǐ

until death puts an end (idiom); one's whole life

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

随之而后
suí zhī ér hòu

from that

鞠躬尽瘁,死而后已
jū gōng jìn cuì , sǐ ér hòu yǐ

to bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life

Child Words of 而后

后
hòu

empress

而
ér

and

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