断后 (duàn hòu) — to bring up the rear; to act as rear guard; to have no descendants; to be the last generation of a family

Definizione

断后 is a verb with two distinct senses: in military/formation contexts it means 'to guard the rear'; in family contexts it means 'to have no descendants, to be the last generation'. The two senses are unrelated — context disambiguates.

verb
to bring up the rearto act as rear guardto have no descendantsto be the last generation of a family

Esempi

  • 断后
    Wǒ men pái hǎo duì, yóu tā fù zé duàn hòu.
    We formed a line, and he was responsible for bringing up the rear.
  • Tā men yì jiā sān dài dān chuán, dào tā jiù duàn le hòu.
    His family had only one child per generation for three generations, and with him the line ended.
  • 断后
    Lǎo zhāng fēi cháng dān xīn zì jǐ huì duàn hòu.
    Old Zhang is very worried that he will have no descendants.

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