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 57 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
- 第二回 Chapter 45 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
- 第二回 Chapter 51 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第七回 Chapter 7 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 100 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第七十五回 Chapter 75 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 86 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第四十五回 Chapter 45 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 62 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 50 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