后尘 (hòu chén) — (lit.) the wake or footsteps of someone (used in the idiom 步…后尘 'to follow in someone's footsteps')
Definition
Literary noun used almost only inside the idiom 步…后尘 ('to follow in someone's footsteps,' often with a negative judgment like repeating another's mistake). Does not stand alone in modern Chinese.
noun
(lit.) the wake or footsteps of someone (used in the idiom 步…后尘 'to follow in someone's footsteps')
Examples
- 后尘，。Tā bù xiǎng bù tā fù qīn de hòu chén, suǒ yǐ xuǎn zé le bù tóng de zhí yè.He did not want to follow in his father's footsteps, so he chose a different career.
- 后尘。Hěn duō gōng sī dōu bù le nà jiā shī bài gōng sī de hòu chén.Many companies followed in the footsteps of that failed company.
- ，后尘。Nǐ yào xī qǔ jiào xùn, bú yào bù tā de hòu chén.You should learn from the lesson and not follow in his footsteps.
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