太后
tài hòu
Pinyin

Definition

太后
 - 
tài hòu
  1. Empress Dowager

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
后
Hòu
  1. 1 surname Hou
太
tài
  1. 1 highest
  2. 2 greatest
  3. 3 too (much)
  4. 4 very
  5. 5 extremely
最后
zuì hòu
  1. 1 final
  2. 2 last
  3. 3 finally
  4. 4 ultimate

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

慈禧太后废除缠足，并默许民间兴办女子学校。
cíxǐ tàihòu fèichú chánzú ，bìng mòxǔ mínjiān xīngbàn nǚzǐ xuéxiào 。
Ci xi abolished foot binding and allowed the establishment of women's schools.
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慈禧太后
cíxǐ tàihòu
The Empress Dowager Ci Xi (1835- 1908)
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大小姐，姑奶奶，太后娘娘，拜托你，答应我这一次吧！
dàxiǎojiě ，gūnǎinai ，tàihòuniángniang ，bàituō nǐ ，dāying wǒ zhè yícì ba ！
A: Hey Miss Thing, please, can you just agree this once!
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