后脚 (hòu jiǎ) — rear foot (the back foot when walking); the person or thing immediately behind, close behind
Definition
后脚 literally means 'rear foot' (the back foot when walking) and extends to mean 'close behind' — often paired with 前脚 in the set phrase 前脚…后脚… to mean 'just as X happened, then Y immediately after'.
noun
rear foot (the back foot when walking)the person or thing immediately behindclose behind
Measure word · 只
Examples
- ，，后脚。Tā zǒu lù de shí hou, qián jiǎo gāng luò dì, hòu jiǎ jiù tái qǐ lái le.When he walks, as soon as his front foot touches the ground, his back foot lifts up.
- ，后脚。Qián miàn de chē hái méi kāi duō yuǎn, hòu jiǎ de chē jiù zhuī shàng lái le.The car in front hadn't driven far before the car close behind caught up.
- ，后脚。Tā qián jiǎo gāng zǒu, hòu jiǎ wǒ jiù dào le.As soon as he left, I arrived.
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