hòu rén
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  • 1

    n.futurity; later generations

    • nà cì kuáng huān jié jiāng zuò wéi yǒu shǐ yǐ lái zuì jīng cǎi de yī cì wéi hòu rén chēng dào

      狂欢节作为有史以来精彩后人称道

      That carnival will go down in history as one of the best ever.

    • hòu rén de cuàn gǎi jiù shì bù kě miǎn

      后人窜改

      The falsification of posterity is inevitable.

    • rú guǒ wǒ men jīn tiān bù bǎo hù shēng tài huán jìng jiù huì zāo dào hòu rén de tuò mà

      如果我们今天保护生态环境遭到后人唾骂

      We would be reviled by future generations if we do not take care of the ecological environment now.

  • 2

    n.posterity; descendants; offspring

    • tā gěi hòu rén liú xia de shì jīng shén cái fù

      后人留下精神财富

      What he left behind to his children is intellectual wealth.

    • yǒu jù huà shì qián rén zhòng shù hòu rén chéng liáng

      前人后人乘凉

      There is a saying that the predecessors planted trees, and the descendants took advantage of the shade.

    • sǐ zhě xìng míng dōu kè zài yī kuài shí biǎn shàng yǐ biàn hòu rén míng jì

      死者姓名以便后人铭记

      The names of those who died are recorded for posterity on a tablet.

Word usage

  • "后人" is often matched with measure word "个"or"位".
    • 后人

      one descendant

    • 后人

      one descendant

Chinese words with pinyin hou ren