







dust kicked up by a preceding person
footsteps of a predecessor
She works in television, following in her father's footsteps.
He was destined for a military career, like his father before him.

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Open the tool →后尘 (hòu chén) means “dust kicked up by a preceding person, footsteps of a predecessor”.
后尘 is pronounced hòu chén in Mandarin Chinese.
“dust kicked up by a preceding person” is 后尘 (hòu chén) in Chinese.
This page has 2 example sentences using 后尘, each with pinyin and an English translation.