后来 (hòu lái) — afterwards; later
Definition
后来 tells the order of past events: 'later, afterwards, then'. Unlike 以后 (after any time), 之后 (written, more formal), 此后 (after a stated event), it focuses on what happened next in a past story.
noun
afterwardslater
Examples
- 后来。hòu lái Wǒ xué xí hàn yǔ le.Later I started learning Chinese.
- 后来。hòu lái Wǒ men jiàn miàn le.We met later.
- 后来。hòu lái Wǒ cái zhī dào zhè jiàn shì.I only found out about this later.
Grammar
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