后妈 (後媽)
hòu mā
Pinyin

Definition

后妈 (後媽)
 - 
hòu mā
  1. (coll.) stepmother

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

之后
zhī hòu
  1. 1 afterwards
  2. 2 following
  3. 3 later
  4. 4 after
以后
yǐ hòu
  1. 1 after
  2. 2 later
  3. 3 afterwards
  4. 4 following
  5. 5 later on
  6. 6 in the future
妈
mā
  1. 1 ma
  2. 2 mom
  3. 3 mother
妈妈
mā ma
  1. 1 mama
  2. 2 mommy
  3. 3 mother
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 位 wèi
后
hòu
  1. 1 back
  2. 2 behind
  3. 3 rear
  4. 4 afterwards
  5. 5 after
  6. 6 later
  7. 7 post-

Idioms (20)

三思而后行
sān sī ér hòu xíng
  1. 1 think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance
不甘人后
bù gān rén hòu
  1. 1 (idiom) not want to be outdone
  2. 2 not content to lag behind
不甘后人
bù gān hòu rén
  1. 1 (idiom) not want to be outdone
  2. 2 not content to lag behind
不顾前后
bù gù qián hòu
  1. 1 regardless of what's before or after (idiom); rushing blindly into sth
事后聪明
shì hòu cōng ming
  1. 1 wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it

Sample Sentences

你个傻孩子，你以为后妈是那么好当的？
nǐ ge shǎ háizi ，nǐ yǐwéi hòumā shì nàme hǎo dāng de ？
Don't be stupid. You think being a stepmother would be so easy?
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先不说你们俩。后妈不好当，你对她严厉了，她会说你虐待她，对她宽松了，又会说你不管她。反正净说你坏话。当后妈就是吃力不讨好。
xiān bù shuō nǐmen liǎ 。hòumā bù hǎo dāng ，nǐ duì tā yánlì le ，tā huì shuō nǐ nüèdài tā ，duì tā kuānsōng le ，yòu huì shuō nǐ bù guǎn tā 。fǎnzhèng jìng shuō nǐ huàihuà 。dāng hòumā jiùshì chīlì bù tǎohǎo 。
Don't worry about the two of you. There's nothing good about being a stepmother. If you're strict with her, she'll say you're abusing her. If you're easy on her, she'll say you don't care about her. Whatever you do, she'll speak poorly of you. Being a stepmother is a tireless job that gets you no respect.
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那是还没天天在一起。现在的小孩儿多难伺候啊，你别一时糊涂昏了头，到时候有你受的。反正我不同意你去当后妈。
nà shì hái méi tiāntiān zài yīqǐ 。xiànzài de xiǎoháir duō nán cìhou a ，nǐ bié yīshí hútu hūn le tóu ，dào shíhou yǒu nǐ shòu de 。fǎnzhèng wǒ bù tóngyì nǐ qù dāng hòumā 。
You're not living together right now. Children are very hard to please these days. Don't be rash and lose your head now, and then end up suffering in the end. Regardless, I don't agree with you going and becoming a stepmother.
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