后来(hòu lái): afterwards
afterwards
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Example sentences
How 后来 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
他后来写信给总统。
tā hòu lái xiě xìn gěi zǒng tǒng
Later he wrote to the president.
园丁后来发现就是凶手。
yuán dīng hòu lái fā xiàn jiù shì xiōng shǒu
The gardener turned out to be the murderer.
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