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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

后手 [hòushǒu]
  1. 1. noun way out

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

后手 [hòushǒu]
  1. 1. [old-fashioned] successor
  2. 2. defensive position (in chess)
    这一着儿一走错,你就变成后手了。
    By this false move you've forced yourself into the defensive.
  3. 3. room for manoeuvre; a way of escape

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

后手 [hòushǒu]
  1. 1. 下棋或争夺中后出手或后动手
    对方先手出击,我方后手防御。
  2. 2. 棋局或争夺中的被动应付局面
    险些落个后手
    要步步抢先,千万别下后手棋。
  3. 3. 借指说话做事所留的回旋余地
    后手

Examples

这一着儿一走错,你就变成后手了。
By this false move you've forced yourself into the defensive. 后手
对方先手出击,我方后手防御。 后手
险些落个后手 后手
后手 后手
指标不能定得太高,要给自己留后手 留后手
这盘棋他先手,我后手 先手

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