后来
hòulái
later on
Part of speech · noun
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Examples
- 后来呢?And then?
- 后来他来了。Later he came.
Collocations
后来呢后来…到后来
Mnemonic
后来 hòulái "later (in narrative)" — 后 + 来 = "the time that came after". Used for past sequences (referring to "after that event"). Distinguish from 以后 yǐhòu "from now on / in the future".
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后来 vs 以后?