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而后

ér hòu

2-character word Traditional 而後

What 而后 means

1. after that
2. then

The characters in 而后

• 而érand; as well as; and so
• 后hòuempress; queen; (archaic) monarch

Example sentences

• 三思而后行！
  Sānsī'érhòuxíng!
  Think before you act!

Words containing 而后

• 死而后已sǐ ér hòu yǐuntil death puts an end (idiom); one's whole life; unto one's dying day
• 随之而后suí zhī ér hòufrom that; following from that; after that
• 三思而后行sān sī ér hòu xíngthink again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance
• 置之死地而后生zhì zhī sǐ dì ér hòu shēng(idiom based on Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孙子兵法
• 鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已jū gōng jìn cuì , sǐ ér hòu yǐto bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom)…