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后面 in Context

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后面

Usage 1 - "behind": 

Sentence:

学校在那栋房子的后面。 

English:

The school is behind that house.

Top-Down Words:

学校 xuéxiào - school
栋 dòng - measure word for houses
房子 fángzi - house, apartment


Sentence:

桌子后面是什么东西?

English:

What’s that thing behind the table? 


Sentence:

我的朋友站在我的后面。  

English:

My friend is standing behind me.

Top-Down Words:

站 zhàn - to stand 


*Sentence:

跟在我的狗后面来到了一个公园。

English:

I followed my dog to a park.

Top-Down Words:

跟 gēn - follow
到 dào - (verb complement) to reach, to succeed in the preceding verb



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Comment   1

Clare M

跟在我的狗{{c1::后}}面来到了一个公园。Wow! This feels like a very Chinese sentence. I would have been lost without the translation even though I know every character in the sentence. I’ve added an image to the Anki card and hope that the meaning and structure will embed itself in time.

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