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後
進
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后
进
]
Jyutping
hau6 zeon3
Pinyin
hòu jìn
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
less advanced
underdeveloped
lagging behind
the younger generation
the less experienced ones
Definitions (Wiktionary)
noun
person or institution slow in progress
noun, literary
younger generation; posterity; descendants
(syn.) 后辈, 後輩
noun, literary
juniors; inferiors
adj
backward; slow in progress; lagging behind
Definitions (兩岸三地生活差異詞語彙編—Two Shores Three Places)
臺陸用法和差異
「後進」一詞通常用於指同行中,年紀較輕或資歷較淺的人,或是指多排房屋中,後面的一排。而在大陸,「後進」又指進步較慢、水準比較低的,例如:他虛心求學,幫助後進,贏得同儕的敬佩。
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
Cantonese
三日后进行补选。
三日後進行補選。
saam1 jat6 hau6 zeon3 hang4 bou2 syun2.
The by-election will be held three days later.
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
他大学毕业后进入体制工作。
他大學畢業後進入體制工作。
tā dà xué bì yè hòu jìn rù tǐ zhì gōng zuò .
He went to work in the public sector after graduating from college.