No. 3,945 in Chinese
事后
"After the fact" or "afterwards."
In a sentence
事后，我才意识到自己的决定是错误的。
After the event, I realized my decision was wrong.
Here, '事后' indicates the timing following an event, helping show retrospection.
他事后向我道歉，并解释了误会的原因。
He apologized to me after the event and explained the cause of the misunderstanding.
In this sentence, '事后' denotes the action of apologizing occurring after an event.
我们可以事后总结经验，避免再犯同样的错误。
We can summarize our experiences after the event to avoid making the same mistakes again.
Here, '事后' is used to convey learning or analyzing a situation after it has occurred.
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