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往后
wǎng hòu
Meaning
- from now on
- in the future
Definition
从今以后；向后面。
from now on; towards the back.
Usage
表示时间上的未来或空间上的后方，常用于口语和书面语。
Indicates future time or rear direction, commonly used in spoken and written language.
Examples
- 1 往后我们要更加努力。 (From now on, we need to work harder.)
- 2 你往后看，就能看到那座山。 (Look back, and you will see that mountain.)
- 3 往后的事情谁也说不准。 (No one can predict what will happen from now on.)
- 4 他把座位往后挪了挪。 (He moved his seat back a bit.)
- 5 往后几年，经济发展迅速。 (In the following years, the economy developed rapidly.)
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