往后 (往後)
wǎng hòu
Pinyin
Definition
往后 (往後)
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- from now on
- in the future
- time to come
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to go (in a direction)
- 2 to
- 3 towards
- 4 (of a train) bound for
- 5 past
- 6 previous
- 1 past events
- 2 former happenings
- 1 usually
- 2 in many cases
- 3 more often than not
- 1 just as in the past (idiom); as before
- 2 continuing as always
- 1 to associate (with)
- 2 to have contact (with)
- 3 to hang out (with)
- 4 to date
- 5 (interpersonal) relationship
- 6 association
- 7 contact
Idioms (11)
一如既往
- 1 just as in the past (idiom); as before
- 2 continuing as always
一往无前
- 1 to advance courageously (idiom)
- 2 to press forward
人往高处走,水往低处流
- 1 man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
- 2 one should constantly strive to make progress
往事已矣
- 1 the past is dead (idiom)
既往不咎
- 1 to forget and not bear recriminations (idiom); to let bygones be bygones
- 2 There is no point in crying over spilt milk.
Sample Sentences
王总别消遣我了!我完全是仰仗前辈的抬爱,往后也要请王总多多关照。
Please, don’t make sport of me, Mr Wang, it’s all due to cultivation of senior staff like you. I hope that you will continue to provide counsel to me in my future career.
像这样海量的信息在网上迅速交换、更新,已经完全改变了时间的意义了,过去要花上好几年才能更新进步的程序,现在恐怕只要一半的时间了,这已经是种奇迹了,往后更不知道会发展成怎么样呢。
With the huge volume of data that is exchanged and is updated on the internet, it's already changed the meaning of time. In the past you had to spend several years updating processes, now it only takes half that time. That is a miracle in itself. In the future we don't even know how it will develop.
向左转、向右转、向前走、向后看;往左转、往右转、往前走、往后看
Turn left, turn right, walk forward, look back.
再往后越接近春节,然后每一天都有特殊的意义。比如说,过了二十三,二十五,扫尘土;二十六,去割肉;二十七,去杀鸡;二十九,去灌酒。就是这样,每一天都要安排一个特殊的事情,要,做,一直到大年三十。
As you count down to New Year, every day has a special significance. For instance, on the twenty-third and twenty-fifth days, you should sweep, on the twenty-sixth you should harvest the meat, on the twenty-seventh, you should kill the chicken. On the twenty-ninth, you should pour the wine. This way, you arrange to do something special on every day, all the way to thirty.
下巴轻轻往上,不要用力往后仰,颈椎会受伤。
Try to push your chin up gently, but don't try to lean back too far, to prevent hurting your vertebrae.
让我往后的时光
Ever since that night
是嘛。小黑,从今往后我一定会对你好的。
Is that so? Little Blacky, from now on, I'm definitely going to treat you better.
别老想着玩儿,你可是去伺候皇上的。从今往后,皇上和各宫的娘娘们就是你的主子,你就是奴才,宫里的太监。
Don't always be thinking about playing around. You're going to care for the Emperor. From this day on, the Emperor and the imperial concubines are your masters. You're a slave, a palace eunuch.