歇后语 xiēhòuyǔ two-part allegorical saying Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 歇 xiē nounverb to cease to stop; to desist; to come to an end后 後 hòu locativepreposition after (bound form) later in time; afterwards; future; subsequent in a sequence语 語 yǔ noun saying (bound form) an idiom, proverb, or set phrase; words from an ancient text