后事
hòu shì
Pinyin

Definition

后事
 - 
hòu shì
  1. future events
  2. and what happened next... (in fiction)
  3. funeral arrangements

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

事
shì
  1. 1 matter
  2. 2 thing
  3. 3 item
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 affair
  6. 6 CL:件[jiàn],樁|桩[zhuāng],回[huí]
事情
shì qing
  1. 1 affair
  2. 2 matter
  3. 3 thing
  4. 4 business
  5. 5 CL:件[jiàn],樁|桩[zhuāng]
故事
gù shì
  1. 1 old practice
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
世事
shì shì
  1. 1 affairs of life
  2. 2 things of the world
事事
shì shì
  1. 1 everything
事件
shì jiàn
  1. 1 event
  2. 2 happening
  3. 3 incident
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
事先
shì xiān
  1. 1 in advance
  2. 2 before the event
  3. 3 beforehand
  4. 4 prior
事儿
shì r5
  1. 1 one's employment
  2. 2 business
  3. 3 matter that needs to be settled
  4. 4 (northern dialect) (of a person) demanding
  5. 5 trying
  6. 6 troublesome
  7. 7 erhua variant of 事[shì]
  8. 8 CL:件[jiàn],樁|桩[zhuāng]
事务
shì wù
  1. 1 (political, economic etc) affairs
  2. 2 work
  3. 3 transaction (as in a computer database)
事实
shì shí
  1. 1 fact
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
事后
shì hòu
  1. 1 after the event
  2. 2 in hindsight
  3. 3 in retrospect
事故
shì gù
  1. 1 accident
  2. 2 CL:樁|桩[zhuāng],起[qǐ],次[cì]
事业
shì yè
  1. 1 undertaking
  2. 2 project
  3. 3 activity
  4. 4 (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause
  5. 5 publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation
  6. 6 career
  7. 7 occupation
  8. 8 CL:個|个[gè]
事业有成
shì yè yǒu chéng
  1. 1 to be successful in business
  2. 2 professional success
事物
shì wù
  1. 1 thing
  2. 2 object
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
事变
shì biàn
  1. 1 incident
  2. 2 unforeseen event
  3. 3 events (in general)
事项
shì xiàng
  1. 1 matter
  2. 2 item
人事
rén shì
  1. 1 personnel
  2. 2 human resources
  3. 3 human affairs
  4. 4 ways of the world
  5. 5 (euphemism) sexuality
  6. 6 the facts of life
做事
zuò shì
  1. 1 to work
  2. 2 to handle matters
  3. 3 to have a job
共事
gòng shì
  1. 1 to work together

Idioms (20)

不明事理
bù míng shì lǐ
  1. 1 not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense
不经一事
bù jīng yī shì
  1. 1 You can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom); wisdom only comes with experience
不经一事，不长一智
bù jīng yī shì , bù zhǎng yī zhì
  1. 1 You can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom); wisdom only comes with experience
世上无难事，只怕有心人
shì shàng wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén
  1. 1 there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)
  2. 2 persistence will overcome
事不过三
shì bù guò sān
  1. 1 a thing should not be attempted more than three times (idiom)
  2. 2 don't repeat the same mistake again and again
  3. 3 bad things don't happen more than three times
事不关己
shì bù guān jǐ
  1. 1 a matter of no concern to oneself (idiom)
事不关己，高高挂起
shì bù guān jǐ , gāo gāo guà qǐ
  1. 1 to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
事到临头
shì dào lín tóu
  1. 1 when things come to a head (idiom)
事半功倍
shì bàn gōng bèi
  1. 1 half the work, twice the effect (idiom); the right approach saves effort and leads to better results
  2. 2 a stitch in time saves nine
事危累卵
shì wēi lěi luǎn
  1. 1 lit. the matter has become a pile of eggs (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
事在人为
shì zài rén wéi
  1. 1 the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort
  2. 2 With effort, one can achieve anything.
事实胜于雄辩
shì shí shèng yú xióng biàn
  1. 1 Facts speak louder than words. (idiom)
事后聪明
shì hòu cōng ming
  1. 1 wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it
事后诸葛亮
shì hòu Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 a genius in retrospect (idiom); hindsight is 20-20
事怕行家
shì pà háng jiā
  1. 1 an expert always produces the best work (idiom)
事无巨细
shì wú jù xì
  1. 1 lit. things are not separated according to their size (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to deal with any matter, regardless of its importance
事与愿违
shì yǔ yuàn wéi
  1. 1 things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom)
事过境迁
shì guò jìng qiān
  1. 1 The issue is in the past, and the situation has changed (idiom).
  2. 2 It is water under the bridge.
人浮于事
rén fú yú shì
  1. 1 more hands than needed (idiom); too many cooks spoil the broth
今日事今日毕
jīn rì shì jīn rì bì
  1. 1 never put off until tomorrow what you can do today (idiom)

Sample Sentences

李探长和小尤他们主动出钱帮助处理了吴国庆一家的后事。
Lǐ tànzhǎng hé Xiǎo Yóu tāmen zhǔdòng chūqián bāngzhù chǔlǐ le Wú Guóqìng yī jiā de hòushì 。
Detective Li and Xiao You took it upon themselves to help pay for the funeral arrangements of Wu Guoqing's family.
Go to Lesson 
还行吧，差不多都交养老院了，余下的就留着办后事了。
hái xíng ba ，chàbuduō dōu jiāo yǎnglǎoyuàn le ，yúxià de jiù liúzhe bàn hòushì le 。
It's all right. It's just about right for the retirement home fees. The rest I'm putting aside for funeral arrangements.
Go to Lesson 
说法多着呢。有人说，后事没处理好，或者死得冤枉的人就会变成僵尸。也有人说，其实僵尸是被搬运过程中的尸体，路边的人看了还以为僵尸在走路。还有人说僵尸是真人扮的，为了贩毒。
shuōfa duō zhe ne 。yǒu rén shuō ，hòushì méi chǔlǐ hǎo ，huò zhě sǐ de yuānwang de rén jiù huì biànchéng jiāngshī 。yě yǒu rén shuō ，qíshí jiāngshī shì bèi bānyùn guòchéng zhōng de shītǐ ，lùbiān de rén kàn le hái yǐwéi jiāngshī zài zǒu lù 。hái yǒu rén shuō jiāngshī shì zhēnrén bàn de ，wèile fàndú 。
There are a lot of explanations. Some people say that people who aren't buried properly, or who die for no purpose, become zombies. Some people say that zombies are actually corpses in the middle of the moving process. [If people died far from home, they would be shipped back in groups, all in a standing position. People seeing them sometimes thought that they were walking - Ed.] Then some people say that zombies are real people in costume, who do it to sell drugs.
Go to Lesson