No. 1,962 in Chinese
此后
"此后" means "from now on" or "after this."
In a sentence
他决定努力工作，此后他的表现得到了很大的提升。
He decided to work hard, and from then on, his performance greatly improved.
In this sentence, '此后' is used to denote a point in time after an action occured, marking a change or continuation of events from that time onward.
此后，我们每年都会举办一次家庭聚会。
Since then, we hold a family reunion once every year.
Here, '此后' introduces a recurrence or habitual action that started after a specific event or time described earlier in the narrative.
战争结束，此后国家进入了和平发展的时期。
The war ended, and thereafter the country entered a period of peaceful development.
In this example, '此后' indicates the temporal transition from the conclusion of the war to the following period of peace and development.
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