后来後來

hòu lái

HSK level: HSK 3

Meaning

afterwards; later; newly arrived

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Characters

后hòuafter; behind, rear; descendants口来láito arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on未丷

Examples

他后来写信给总统。

tā hòu lái xiě xìn gěi zǒng tǒng。

Later he wrote to the president.

园丁后来发现就是凶手。

yuán dīng hòu lái fā xiàn jiù shì xiōng shǒu。

The gardener turned out to be the murderer.

我本来想走的，但后来忘了。

wǒ běn lái xiǎng zǒu de， dàn hòu lái wàng le。

I intended to go, but forgot to.