后头 (後頭) hòutou
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hòutou
noun
the back; the rear side
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '後頭'; Guoyu '後頭' 1) -
hòutou
noun
later; the future
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '後頭'; Guoyu '後頭' 2)
Contained in
- 好戏还在后头(好戲還在後頭) the best part of the show is yet to come; (with ironic tone) the worst is yet to come
- 老鼠拖木锨，大头在后头(老鼠拖木鍁，大頭在後頭) when the mice drag a shovel, the biggest thing comes second; the tip of the iceberg
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第二回 Chapter 45 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
- 第二回 Chapter 57 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
- 第二回 Chapter 119 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 36 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 77 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 72 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 35 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第二十四回 Chapter 24 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 104 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 67 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
Collocations
- 后头来 (後頭來) 便走過後頭來叫道 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第二十四回 Chapter 24 — count: 3
- 到后头 (到後頭) 到後頭沒有好的 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 76 — count: 2
- 子后头 (子後頭) 總不要一去了把我擱在腦杓子後頭 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 100 — count: 2
- 脖子后头 (脖子後頭) 也丟在脖子後頭了 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 57 — count: 2