"To sway to and fro" in Chinese — 前仰后合 (qián yǎng hòu hé)

前

仰

后

合

qián yǎng hòu hé

to sway to and fro

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 前仰後合1 example sentence

Definitions

1to sway to and fro
2to rock back and forth

Stroke order

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前

仰

后

合

Zhuyin

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ㄑㄧㄢˊ

qián

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄧㄤˇ

yǎng

ㄧ/ iㄤ/ angˇ/ third tone

ㄏㄡˋ

hòu

ㄏ/ hㄡ/ ouˋ/ fourth tone

ㄏㄜˊ

hé

ㄏ/ hㄜ/ eˊ/ second tone

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前仰后合

Simplified

前仰後合

Traditional

Example sentences

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他讲的笑话逗得大家前仰后合。
tā jiǎng de xiào huà dòu dé dà jiā qián yǎng hòu hé。
His joke made everyone rock back and forth with laughter.

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Related words

后

hòu

empress

前

qián

front

合

hé

to close

仰

yǎng

to face upward

后面

hòu mian

the back

前面

qián miàn

ahead

然后

rán hòu

then

以后

yǐ hòu

after

以前

yǐ qián

before

符合

fú hé

in keeping with

合格

hé gé

to meet the standard required

合适

hé shì

suitable

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To sway to and fro in Chinese: 前仰后合 (qián yǎng hòu hé)