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后来

hòu lái

HSK 2 · word 717 of 3,000

Meaning

• afterwards; later
• newly arrived

Example sentence

Characters in 后来

• 后 hòu back
• 来 lái to come

后 after plus 来 to come. What came after, and it is used only of the past — 以后 covers the future.

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