Chinese word dictionary

敌后

dí hòu · (military) the enemy's rear; behind enemy lines

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Word information

Simplified敌后

Traditional敵後

Pinyindí hòu

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Character breakdown

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敌dí

enemy, foe, rival; to match; to resist

后hòu

after; behind, rear; descendants

How to learn 敌后

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后hòu

back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-; empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler; surname Hou

后面hòumiàn

the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards

后来hòulái

afterwards; later; newly arrived

后年hòunián

the year after next

后天hòutiān

the day after tomorrow; life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天[xian1 tian1]); acquired (not innate or congenital); a posteriori

然后ránhòu

then; after that; afterwards