後會無期
简 后会无期 · 繁 後會無期Meanings
- (idiom) may never meet again; unlikely to meet again
Characters in this entry
- 後
- hòu · behind, rear, after; descendents
- 會
- huì · to assemble, meet together; a meeting; an organization
- 無
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- 期
- qī · period of time; date; time limit
- 后
- hòu · queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for 後) behind, rear, after
- 会
- huì · assemble, meet together; meeting
- 无
- wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
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Mandarin tones
4–4–2–1 · hou4 hui4 wu2 qi1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
hau6 wui6 mou4 kei4
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phrase
- (idiomatic) to not know when paths will cross once more
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