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后发制人
hòu​fā​zhì​rén

to gain mastery by counterattacking

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 后 後 hòu locativepreposition
    after
    (bound form) later in time; afterwards; future; subsequent in a sequence
  2. 发 發 fā verb
    to send out
    To send out; to issue; to distribute; to deliver (as in mail, letters, or faxes).
  3. 制 zhì verb
    to control
    to restrict; to govern; to keep under control
  4. 人 rén nounpronoun
    other people
    other people; others; another person