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后果

hòu guǒ

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 後果

后果 (hòu guǒ) means "consequences (usu. negative)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 后果 means

1. consequences; aftermath

The characters in 后果

• 后hòuempress; queen; (archaic) monarch
• 果guǒfruit; result; resolute

Example sentences

• 汤姆准备承担后果
  Tāngmǔ zhǔnbèi chéngdān hòuguǒ
  Tom is prepared to accept the consequences.
• 汤姆准备承担后果。
  Tom is prepared to accept the consequences.
• 我准备好了承担后果。
  Wǒ zhǔnbèihǎole chéngdān hòuguǒ.
  I'm prepared to accept the consequences.

Words starting with 后果

• 后果自负hòu guǒ zì fùto take responsibility for the consequences of risky behavior…

Words containing 后果

• 前因后果qián yīn hòu guǒcause and effects (idiom); entire process of development
• 严重后果yán zhòng hòu guǒgrave consequence; serious repercussion

Where 后果 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Results, Progress & Development (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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