后世
hòushì
later generations; posterity
Characters in this word
世 shì
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 这部史书不仅记录当代政治，也试图向后世说明制度兴衰的原因。 Zhè bù shǐshū bùjǐn jìlù dāngdài zhèngzhì, yě shìtú xiàng hòushì shuōmíng zhìdù xīngshuāi de yuányīn. This historical work records not only contemporary politics, but also tries to explain institutional rise and decline to later generations.
- 他留下的诗歌，后世的人仍然在传诵。 Tā liúxià de shīgē, hòushì de rén réngrán zài chuánsòng. The poems he left are still recited by later generations.
- 我们保护这片森林，是为了给后世留下好环境。 Wǒmen bǎohù zhè piàn sēnlín, shì wèile gěi hòushì liúxià hǎo huánjìng. We protect this forest to leave a good environment for later generations.
Related words
- 后 hòu behind, after
- 后边 hòubian back, behind
- 后天 hòutiān the day after tomorrow
- 最后 zuìhòu last; finally
- 后来 hòulái later; afterward
- 今后 jīnhòu from now on; in the future
- 然后 ránhòu then; after that
- 以后 yǐhòu later; after
- 背后 bèihòu behind; behind one's back
- 后果 hòuguǒ consequences
- 后面 hòumiàn behind; the back
- 后年 hòunián the year after next