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后来
後來
hòulái
1.
afterwards
2.
later
HSK 3
Character Breakdown
Compound Words (1)
Example Sentences (6)
我们过去是邻居，后来是大学同学，关系一直很不错。
Wǒmen guòqù shì línjū,hòulái shì dàxué tóngxué,guānxì yìzhí hěn bùcuò.
We used to be neighbors, later we were college classmates, and our relationship has always been quite good.
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开始有点儿不习惯，后来就慢慢适应了，最近我还交了一个中国朋友。
Kāishǐ yǒu diǎnr bù xíguàn, hòulái jiù mànmàn shìyìng le, zuìjìn wǒ hái jiāo le yí gè Zhōngguó péngyou.
At first I wasn't quite used to it, then I gradually got used to it, and recently I even made a Chinese friend.
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后来，随着人们对茶的认识的加深，慢慢开始把它当作解渴的饮料，这才慢慢有了中国的茶文化。
Hòulái, suízhe rénmen duì chá de rènshi de jiāshēn, mànmàn kāishǐ bǎ tā dàngzuò jiěkě de yǐnliào, zhè cái mànmàn yǒu le zhōngguó de chá wénhuà.
Later, as people's understanding of tea deepened, they slowly began to treat it as a thirst-quenching drink, and only then did Chinese tea culture gradually emerge.
Text 5
我原来以为做生意很简单，后来才发现其实并不容易，现在赚钱越来越难了。
Wǒ yuánlái yǐwéi zuò shēngyi hěn jiǎndān, hòulái cái fāxiàn qíshí bìng bù róngyì, xiànzài zhuànqián yuèláiyuè nán le.
I used to think doing business was very simple, but later I realized it's actually not easy, and now making money is getting harder and harder.
Text 3
航班本来是十点的，后来机场网站上通知推迟了一个小时，所以九点半以前到就应该没问题。
Hángbān běnlái shì shí diǎn de, hòulái jīchǎng wǎngzhàn shàng tōngzhī tuīchí le yí gè xiǎoshí, suǒyǐ jiǔ diǎn bàn yǐqián dào jiù yīnggāi méi wèntí.
The flight was originally at 10:00; later the airport website announced a one-hour delay, so arriving before 9:30 should be no problem.
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我们班跟他们班比赛，他一个人踢进两个球，我对他印象很深，后来就慢慢熟悉了。
Wǒmen bān gēn tāmen bān bǐsài, tā yí gè rén tī jìn liǎng gè qiú, wǒ duì tā yìnxiàng hěn shēn, hòulái jiù mànmàn shúxī le.
Our class played against their class. He scored two goals by himself. I was very impressed by him, and later we gradually got to know each other.
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