事
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After the event in Chinese: 事后 (shì hòu)

shì hòu

after the event

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 事後1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1after the event
  2. 2in hindsight
  3. 3in retrospect

Stroke order

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事
后

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ㄕˋ

shì

ㄕ/ shˋ/ fourth tone

ㄏㄡˋ

hòu

ㄏ/ hㄡ/ ouˋ/ fourth tone

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事后

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事後

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 事后他才明白自己错在哪里。

    shì hòu tā cái míng bái zì jǐ cuò zài nǎ lǐ。

    Only afterward did he understand where he had gone wrong.

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Related words

后

hòu

empress

事

shì

matter

后面

hòu mian

the back

事情

shì qing

affair

故事

gù shì

old practice

然后

rán hòu

then

同事

tóng shì

colleague

以后

yǐ hòu

after

后悔

hòu huǐ

to regret

后来

hòu lái

afterwards

最后

zuì hòu

final

从事

cóng shì

to go for

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