而后 | ér hòu | after that; then |
三思而后行 | sān sī ér hòu xíng | think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance |
死而后已 | sǐ ér hòu yǐ | until death puts an end (idiom); one's whole life; unto one's dying day |
置之死地而后生 | zhì zhī sǐ dì ér hòu shēng | place sb on field of death and he will fight to live (common saying based on Sunzi's Art of War 孙子兵法); to fight desperately when confronting mortal danger; fig. to find a way out of an impasse |
随之而后 | suí zhī ér hòu | from that; following from that; after that |
鞠躬尽瘁, 死而后已 | jū gōng jìn cuì , sǐ ér hòu yǐ | to bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life; with every breath in one's body, unto one's dying day |