后来

later; afterwards

adverb Very common #1,032
later; afterwards Used to refer to a time or event that came after an earlier one, often in a story or sequence of events.
CH: 那后来呢?
EN: What happened later?

我一开始没吐后来扫地的时候吐了

I didn’t throw up at first, but I did later while I was sweeping.

— Hi, Mom (2021)

后来他们的……

Later, their...

我的同事辞职了,后来去上海教英语。

My colleague quit their job and later went to Shanghai to teach English.

后来她就走了

Later, she left.

— 神秘河 (2003)

“基斯,他们后来怎么说?”

“Keith, what did they say afterward?”

达尔瓦还在试图说服我们和他们一起搬到伦敦但后来她提出要带维罗卡可能不错

Dahlva is still trying to persuade us to move to London with them, but then she suggested bringing Veroka along, which might be a good idea.

— 我仍在此 (2024)

后来展开了搜索。

A search was launched later.

后来渐渐交给丧葬公司的人于是就有了我们这样的公司

Later, people gradually began leaving it to funeral service companies, and that’s how companies like ours came about.

— 入殓师 (2008)

你后来何时又见过她?

When did you see her again afterward?

— 奥本海默 (2023)

后来我只好答应她

In the end, I had no choice but to agree to her request.

— 落水狗 (1992)

儿子想叫不赌,后来叫有庆,有庆有庆

Our son wanted to be called Bu Du, but in the end he was named Youqing. Youqing, Youqing.

— 活着 (1994)

后来见过面

We met later.

— 奥本海默 (2023)

后来你果然不再上学了

As it turned out, you really did stop going to school after that.

— 大逃杀 (2000)

我后来跟阿和在一起过

I ended up dating A He later on.

— 那些年,我们一起追的女孩 (2011)

后来我想…也许我们根本不该带他走

Later, I thought… maybe we shouldn’t have taken him with us in the first place.

— 梦幻之地 (1989)

后来在一个下着大雨的晚上我喝多你才让我留下来

It wasn’t until I got drunk one rainy night that you let me stay over.

— Suzhou River (2000)

后来呢?

What happened next?

— 世界 (2004)

他后来写信给总统。

He later wrote a letter to the president.

不知道他后来都怎么样了?

I wonder how things turned out for him.

— 放牛班的春天 (2004)

后来她离开了我

Later, she left me.

— 一一 (2000)

后来我还想到了阿尼西亚

Later, I also thought of Anisia.

— 战争与和平 (1968)

我记得村长后来跟我说过一次

I remember the village chief mentioning it to me once later on.

— 我的父亲母亲 (1999)

后来当他感觉好一点后他不愿意谈论这件事只是说他停药停得太快了

Later, when he was feeling a little better, he didn’t want to talk about it and simply said that he had stopped taking his medication too quickly.

— 坠落的审判 (2023)

跛豪后来都不怎么出门了

Limpy Ho hardly went out anymore after that.

— 美国黑帮 (2007)

后来的我们什么都有了

Later on, we had everything.

— 后来的我们 (2018)

后来他的妻子来了,

Later, his wife came.

— 牺牲 (1986)

你后来去练舞狮了吗

Did you end up going to lion dance practice later?

— I Am What I Am (2021)

后来我就上瘾了

Then I got hooked.

— 搏击俱乐部 (1999)

后来谁要是想拿走我的鼓

After that, whoever wanted to take my drum away...

— 铁皮鼓 (1979)

后来便忘记了

Later, I forgot about it.

— 安德烈·卢布廖夫 (1966)

后来我意识到北京人比较慢地散步。

Later I realized that people in Beijing tend to walk rather slowly.

当然,他后来结婚了

Of course, he got married later on.

— 泰坦尼克号 (1997)

后来我真的给她打电话约她出来玩

Later, I actually called her and asked her to hang out.

— Suzhou River (2000)

冬妮娅也喜欢可惜后来她变了

Tonya liked it too, but unfortunately, she changed later.

— 阳光灿烂的日子 (1994)

后来大个儿长大了

Later, Big Guy grew up.

— 上帝之城 (2002)

我以前也有房子后来给我儿子了

I used to have a house too, but I eventually gave it to my son.

— 天才一族 (2001)

后来我知道了,蛇是没有用来听声音的耳朵的。

Later, I learned that snakes don't have ears for hearing sounds.

他后来怀疑他儿子死了

Later, he suspected that his son had died.

— 唐人街探案 (2015)

后来她走了

Later, she left.

— 2046 (2004)

那后来呢?

What happened next?

— 2046 (2004)

后来有一天

Then one day...

— Suzhou River (2000)

很好后来呢?

Great, what happened next?

— 母亲 (2009)

很伤心很伤心后来她结婚了

She was very, very sad, and then she got married.

— 烈日灼人 (1994)

后来看不清了

After that, I couldn't see clearly anymore.

— 战争与和平 (1968)

你父亲后来怎么了?

What happened to your father later on?

— 梦幻之地 (1989)

而且有了正式的女朋友后来我们也都分别去了部队

And once we both had official girlfriends, we eventually went off to serve in the military separately.

— 阳光灿烂的日子 (1994)

后来他说:傻强你跟我五年了

Later, he said, “Silly Qiang, you’ve been with me for five years.”

— 无间道 (2002)

你后来没遇上他

You didn't run into him afterward.

— 母亲 (2009)

他们后来到底有没有回到家?

Did they ever make it back home?

但后来我不这样了

But I stopped doing that later on.

— 普通女人 (2017)

后来我就不准他再搞这些了

After that, I wouldn’t let him do this kind of thing anymore.

— I Am What I Am (2021)

我们都知道后来发生什么事博士你在欧洲…见过许多其他国家的物理学家是的

We all know what happened next, Doctor. While you were in Europe... you met physicists from many other countries. Yes.

— 奥本海默 (2023)

后来,她提到了这件事

Later, she mentioned it.

— 四百击 (1959)

我有听他说但后来为什么分手

I did hear him mention it, but why did they break up later?

— 那些年,我们一起追的女孩 (2011)

我在试图理解一开始你们同意进行开放式婚姻后来改变了

I'm trying to understand how you initially agreed to have an open marriage, but later changed your mind.

— 坠落的审判 (2023)

后来发烧了

Later, I developed a fever.

— 幸福的拉扎罗 (2018)

她的船后来怎么了

What happened to her boat later?

— 蝴蝶梦 (1940)

后来我才明白那最后几句话的意思

It was only later that I understood what those final few words meant.

— 烈日灼人 (1994)

不过我妈后来告诉我我一点也不害怕呢

But later, my mom told me that I wasn’t scared at all.

— 魔女宅急便 (1989)

但是后来呢?

But what happened afterward?

— 奥本海默 (2023)

后来马蒂尔斯告诉我如果不是内图坚持他不会去见那个律师

Later, Mattilas told me that he wouldn’t have gone to see that lawyer if Netu hadn’t insisted.

— 精英部队 (2007)

后来她从苏州河的一个桥上跳下去了

Later, she jumped off a bridge over Suzhou Creek.

— Suzhou River (2000)

后来她问他想干什么

Later, she asked him what he wanted to do.

— 回归 (2006)

你看表演看太无聊了就决定结束后来跟我求婚吗

Did you get so bored watching the performance that you decided to call it quits and then propose to me?

— 时空恋旅人 (2013)

后来有一次,他办这事时还带上了我。

Later on, one time when he was taking care of this, he brought me along.

但是,后来情况变了。

But things changed later.

— 甘泉玛侬 (1986)

后来我们被找到

Later, we were found.

— 四百击 (1959)

『后来呢?』

What happened next?

我很久以前就跟我爸一起出来做但是后来手没了

I started working with my dad a long time ago, but later I lost my hand.

— A Sun (2019)

我本来想走的,但后来忘了。

I was originally going to leave, but then I forgot.

后来突然发现,这不是古董

Then I suddenly realized that it wasn’t an antique.

— 潜行者 (1979)

后来伙计告诉我

Later, my buddy told me.

— 2046 (2004)

我后来有睡觉吗?

Did I get any sleep afterward?

— 搏击俱乐部 (1999)

就是感觉对人都挺好的但是总受伤害后来就越来越不爱说话了

It just feels like they’re always kind to everyone, but they keep getting hurt, so they gradually become less and less talkative.

— 热辣滚烫 (2024)

可能习惯了吧,我小时候眼睛生病…看不见东西,都用耳朵在听后来花很多钱把眼睛医好

Maybe I just got used to it. When I was little, I had an eye disease and couldn’t see anything, so I relied on my ears to listen. Later, we spent a lot of money getting my eyes treated.

— 春光乍泄 (1997)

结果后来发现她是个小偷

It turned out that she was a thief.

— 水瓶座 (2016)

后来,我成了电影导演

Later, I became a film director.

— 痛苦与荣耀 (2019)

后来

Later

— 世界 (2004)

后来发生了什么事

What happened next?

— 看不见的客人 (2017)

洛马尼茨后来替铁路公司铺铁轨

Later, Lomanitz laid railroad tracks for the railway company.

— 奥本海默 (2023)

我跟一个佣人生了希加,后来这个佣人就消失了

I had Xiga with a maid, but later she disappeared.

— 吾栖之肤 (2011)

后来我找到你

Later, I found you.

— 守夜人 (2004)

园丁后来发现就是凶手。

The gardener was later found to be the murderer.

后来他们杀了马丁和巴比

Later, they killed Martin and Bobby.

— 梦幻之地 (1989)

可是后来他跟我的女友结婚了

But later, he married my girlfriend.

— 办公室的故事 (1977)

后来她就怀上了

Later, she got pregnant.

— 焦土之城 (2010)

你知道他们后来干了什么

Do you know what they did afterward?

— 幸福的拉扎罗 (2018)

可能我后来受到的冲击太大

Maybe the shock I experienced later was too great.

— 坠落的审判 (2023)

后来就听说他死了

Later, I heard that he had died.

— 中央车站 (1998)

后来村里人习惯了

Eventually, the villagers got used to it.

— 我的父亲母亲 (1999)

后来我们都醉了

Later, we both got drunk.

— 阳光灿烂的日子 (1994)

『后来怎么样?』

What happened next?

后来绑架她就带她去了一个…特别破的一个楼房

Later, after kidnapping her, they took her to a... really run-down building.

— Suzhou River (2000)

记得你后来成绩不错啊

I remember you ended up doing pretty well in school.

— The Captain (2019)

后来你们领导没有为难你吧?

Your boss didn't give you a hard time afterward, did they?

— 热辣滚烫 (2024)

我后来知道了。

I found out later.

她给他生了两个孩子后来嘛跟别人跑了

She had two children with him, but later she ran off with someone else.

— 办公室的故事 (1977)

后来我很快就跟一个同学结婚还生了一个小孩

Later, I quickly married a classmate and had a child.

— 一一 (2000)

他是后来才来的

He came later.

— 我的父亲母亲 (1999)

就只是笑着后来呢?

So you just smiled—what happened next?

— A Sun (2019)

后来,港务长的餐桌上办了一场晚宴。

Later, a banquet was held at the harbor master’s table.

后来后来他又没死

Later on, he ended up not dying after all.

— 办公室的故事 (1977)

“那后来呢?”

“What happened after that?”

后来呢

What happened next?

— 杀人回忆 (2003)