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后见之明
hòu jiàn zhī míng
Pinyin
Definition
后见之明
-
hòu jiàn zhī míng
hindsight
Character Decomposition
后
⺁
一
口
见
见
之
王
丶
戈
㇝
明
日
月
Related Words
(20)
之
zhī
1
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])
2
him
3
her
4
it
之前
zhī qián
1
before
2
prior to
3
ago
4
previously
5
beforehand
之后
zhī hòu
1
afterwards
2
following
3
later
4
after
之间
zhī jiān
1
between
2
among
3
inter-
明天
míng tiān
1
tomorrow
明星
míng xīng
1
star
2
celebrity
明白
míng bai
1
clear
2
obvious
3
unequivocal
4
to understand
5
to realize
三分之一
sān fēn zhī yī
1
one third
三明治
sān míng zhì
1
sandwich (loanword)
2
CL:個|个[gè]
不败之地
bù bài zhī dì
1
invincible position
不明
bù míng
1
not clear
2
unknown
3
to fail to understand
久而久之
jiǔ ér jiǔ zhī
1
over time
2
as time passes
3
in the fullness of time
之一
zhī yī
1
one of (sth)
2
one out of a multitude
3
one (third, quarter, percent etc)
之上
zhī shàng
1
above
之下
zhī xià
1
under
2
beneath
3
less than
之中
zhī zhōng
1
inside
2
among
3
in the midst of (doing sth)
4
during
之内
zhī nèi
1
inside
2
within
之外
zhī wài
1
outside
2
excluding
之所以
zhī suǒ yǐ
1
the reason why
之际
zhī jì
1
during
2
at the time of
Idioms
(20)
一丘之貉
yī qiū zhī hé
1
jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
一之为甚
yī zhī wéi shèn
1
once is more than enough (idiom)
一年之计在于春
yī nián zhī jì zài yú chūn
1
the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom)
2
early planning is the key to success
一技之长
yī jì zhī cháng
1
proficiency in a particular field (idiom)
2
skill in a specialized area (idiom)
一掬同情之泪
yī jū tóng qíng zhī lèi
1
to shed tears of sympathy (idiom)
一日之计在于晨
yī rì zhī jì zài yú chén
1
make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom)
2
early morning is the golden time of the day
一日之雅
yī rì zhī yǎ
1
lit. friends for a day (idiom)
2
fig. casual acquaintance
一箭之仇
yī jiàn zhī chóu
1
a wrong suffered (idiom)
2
old grievance
3
previous defeat
一言以蔽之
yī yán yǐ bì zhī
1
one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short
2
in a nutshell
不明事理
bù míng shì lǐ
1
not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense
不言自明
bù yán zì míng
1
self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
不说自明
bù shuō zì míng
1
self-explanatory
2
self-evident (idiom)
之乎者也
zhī hū zhě yě
1
lit. 之[zhī], 乎[hū], 者[zhě] and 也[yě] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom); fig. archaic expressions
九牛二虎之力
jiǔ niú èr hǔ zhī lì
1
tremendous strength (idiom)
事后聪明
shì hòu cōng ming
1
wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it
井底之蛙
jǐng dǐ zhī wā
1
the frog at the bottom of the well (idiom)
2
fig. a person of limited outlook and experience
井蛙之见
jǐng wā zhī jiàn
1
the view of a frog in a well (idiom); fig. a narrow view
亡命之徒
wáng mìng zhī tú
1
runaway (idiom); desperate criminal
2
fugitive
人之常情
rén zhī cháng qíng
1
human nature (idiom)
2
a behavior that is only natural
他山之石可以攻玉
tā shān zhī shí kě yǐ gōng yù
1
lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside
2
to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively
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