而后 (而後) érhòu
érhòu
adverb
after that; then
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 而後 may be used as a time clause in Literary Chinese (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 161). For example, 或百步而後止 'Some run a hundred paces and stop' (Mengzi: 1.3/1/24, translation by Legge)
Contained in
- 死而后已(死而後已) until death puts an end; one's whole life; unto one's dying day
- 鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已(鞠躬盡瘁，死而後已) to bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day; striving to the utmost one's whole life
- 置之死地而后生(置之死地而後生) place somebody on field of death and he will fight to live
- 随之而后(隨之而後) from that; following from that; after that
- 三思而后行(三思而後行) think again and again before acting; consider carefully in advance
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 29
- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 25
- 《大學》 The Great Learning The Book of Rites 禮記 — count: 19
- Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 17
- 解老第二十 Chapter 20: Commentaries on Laozi's Teachings Han Feizi 韓非子 — count: 17
- 卷十三 魏書十三 鍾繇華歆王朗傳 Volume 13: Book of Wei 13 - Biographies of Zhong Yao, Hua Xin, and Wang Lang Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 16
- 卷十八 人間訓 Chapter 18: The Human World Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 13
- 卷十五 兵略訓 Chapter 15: Military Planning Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 13
- 僖公 Lord Xi The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 13
- 卷二十七上 志第十七上 曆三上 Volume 27a Treatises 18: Calendar 3a New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 13