在后 (在後) zàihòu
zàihòu
phrase
behind
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '在後')
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
- 螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后(螳螂捕蟬，黃雀在後) the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第六十六回 Chapter 66 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 7
- 卷十二 越絕內經九術第十四 越絕外傳記軍氣第十五 Scroll 12 Yue Jue Shu 越絕書 — count: 6
- 冬官考工記 第六 6. Office of Winter and Inspection Records Rites of Zhou 周禮 — count: 6
- 第四十五回 Chapter 45 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 5
- 第二十六回 Chapter 26 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 4
- 第六回 Chapter 6 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 4
- 第六十五回 Chapter 65 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 4
- 第六十八回 Chapter 68 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 3
- 第十六回 Chapter 16 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
- 卷三 秦一 Chapter 3: Qin I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 3
Collocations
- 傅在后 (傅在後) 少傅在後 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《文王世子》King Wen as Son and Heir — count: 4
- 兵在后 (兵在後) 中黃門持兵在後 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷十一 劉玄劉盆子列傳 Volume 11: Biographies of Liu Xuan; Liu Penzi — count: 4
- 唯恐在后 (唯恐在後) 唯恐在後 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷九十二 游俠傳 Volume 92: Youxias — count: 3
- 在后二 (在後二) 辭訟在後二年前 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷七 昭帝紀 Volume 7: Annals of Emperor Zhao — count: 3
- 在后园 (在後園) 帝日在後園 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷四 魏書四 三少帝紀 Volume 4: Book of Wei 4 - Annals of the three young emperors — count: 3
- 失在后 (失在後) 失在後機 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷十 魏書十一 袁張涼國田王邴管傳 Volume 10: Book of Wei 10 - Biographies of Xun Yu, Xun You, and Jia Xu — count: 3
- 用兵在后 (用兵在後) 視則用兵在後矣 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷六 復恩 Chapter 6: Repaying Kindness — count: 2
- 绍在后 (紹在後) 紹在後十數里 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七十四上 袁紹劉表列傳 Volume 74a: Biographies of Yuan Shao, Liu Biao 1 — count: 2
- 在后头 (在後頭) 她將悔恨在後頭 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧召南‧江有汜 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Shao And The South - Jiang You Si — count: 2
- 虏在后 (虜在後) 虜在後 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《樊酈滕灌列傳》 Biographies of Fan, Li, Teng and Guan — count: 2