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aftershock [aftershocks] (emotional distress after a traumatic event) noun [UK: ˈɑːft.ə.ʃɒk] [US: ˈæft.ər.ʃɑːk] | 陰影noun |
aftertaste [aftertastes] (The persistence of the taste of something no longer present) noun [UK: ˈɑːf.tə.teɪst] [US: ˈæf.tər.ˌtest] | 后味 /hòuwèi/noun 回味 /huíwèi/noun 後味noun |
afterwards (at a later or succeeding time) adverb [UK: ˈɑːf.tə.wədz] [US: ˈæf.tər.wərdz] | 然后 /ránhòu/adverb 然後adverb |
afterword (epilogue) noun [UK: ˈaftəwˌɜːd] [US: ˈæftɚwˌɜːd] | 后记 /hòujì/noun 後記noun 跋 /bá/noun 跋文 /báwén/noun |
afterworld (supposed world that is entered after death) noun [UK: ˈɑːf.tə(r) wɜːld] [US: ˈæf.tər ˈwɝːld] | 來世noun 來生noun 来世 /láishì/noun 来生 /láishēng/noun 阴间 /yīnjiān/noun 陰間noun |
close the stable door after the horse has bolted (to attempt to prevent a problem that has already occurred) verb | 亡羊補牢verb |
day after day (For an indefinite number of days) adverb [UK: deɪ ˈɑːf.tə(r) deɪ] [US: ˈdeɪ ˈæf.tər ˈdeɪ] | 日復一日 /rì fù yī rì/adverb 連日 /liánrì/adverb |
day after tomorrow (day after tomorrow - translation entry) noun [UK: deɪ ˈɑːf.tə(r) tə.ˈmɒ.rəʊ] [US: ˈdeɪ ˈæf.tər tə.ˈmɑːˌro.ʊ] | 后天 /hòutiān/noun 後天noun |
day after tomorrow (on the day after tomorrow; in two days - translation entry) adverb [UK: deɪ ˈɑːf.tə(r) tə.ˈmɒ.rəʊ] [US: ˈdeɪ ˈæf.tər tə.ˈmɑːˌro.ʊ] | 后天 /hòutiān/adverb 後天adverb |
good afternoon (greeting said in the afternoon) phrase | 下午好 /xiàwǔhǎo/phrase 你好 /nǐhǎo/phrase |
happily ever after (happily until death) adverb [UK: ˈhæp.ɪ.li ˈev.ə(r) ˈɑːf.tə(r)] [US: ˈhæp.ɪ.li ˈev.r̩ ˈæf.tər] | 从此,他们过着幸福快乐的日子adverb 從此,他們過著幸福快樂的日子adverb |
hereafter (in time to come) adverb [UK: ˌhɪər.ˈɑːft.ə(r)] [US: hɪr.ˈæft.ər] | 此后 /cǐhòu/adverb 此後adverb |
look after (to watch, to protect) verb [UK: lʊk ˈɑːf.tə(r) ˈsʌm.θɪŋ] [US: ˈlʊk ˈæf.tər ˈsʌm.θɪŋ] | 关照 /guānzhào/verb 照管 /zhàoguǎn/verb 照顧verb 照顾 /zhàogu/verb 關照verb |
name after (to give someone the same name) verb [UK: ˈneɪm ˈɑːf.tə(r) ˈsʌm.bə.di] [US: ˈneɪm ˈæf.tər ˈsʌm.ˌbɑː.di] | |
one after another (in single file) adverb [UK: wʌn ˈɑːf.tə(r) ə.ˈnʌð.ə(r)] [US: wʌn ˈæf.tər ə.ˈnʌð.r̩] | 先后 /xiānhòu/adverb 先後adverb 紛紛adverb 纷纷 /fēnfēn/adverb |