wú​hòu

heirless

  • created sense approved 无后/無後 · wú​hòu · heirless — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    无后 / 無後

    wú​hòu

    heirless

    to have no descendants or offspring; specifically to have no son to continue the family lineage

    无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 后 (literal) → 后/後 · hòu · descendant

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 无后/無後 · wú​hòu · to not be late — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    无后 / 無後

    wú​hòu

    to not be late

    (literary) to not fall behind or fail to arrive on time

    无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 后 (literal) → 后/後 · hòu · after

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense