后人

Pinyin: hòurén

later generation

Example sentence

前人铺路,后人行路。

Qiánrén pūlù, hòurén xínglù.

One generation builds the street that the next will travel on.

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What 后人 means

后人 (hòurén) is a Chinese word meaning “later generation”. It appears in the HSK 6 collection.

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HSK 6

Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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