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Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 将来
[jiānglái]
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现在以后的时间
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这孩子将来一定有出息
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不能只顾眼前享受，不管将来。
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Examples
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现在你不好好学习，将来你自会懊悔的。
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If you don't study hard now, you will regret it in the future.
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他那儿子将来成不了器。
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His boy will never come to anything.
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在可以预见的将来
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in the foreseeable future
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美好的将来
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a glorious future
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这东西将来好派大用场。
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It can be turned to good account in future.
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遥远的将来
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the distant (or remote) future
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不要扔掉，将来会有用处。
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Don't throw it away; it may come in handy.
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他打起麻将来不管不顾，很是入迷。
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He is rash in playing mahjong, and is totally obsessed with it.
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我痴望着将来能够变得富有。
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I am dying to become rich one day.
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Collocations
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不远的将来
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in the near future
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将来的生活
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life in the future
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将来某一天
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some day in the future
nciku Note
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将来, 今后 and 以后
jiānglái, jīnhòu and yǐhòu
These three words all indicate a period of time after a certain moment. 将来 and 今后 indicate the time after the present moment, while 以后 can also indicate the time after a moment in the past. Moreover, all three words can function as the subject or object, but 将来 sounds more formal and can take an attributive. 今后 is more formal than 以后.
(1) 他将来（以后/今后）一定会很有出息。
(2) 你将来（今后/以后）要学会应对类似的事情。
Sometimes 以后 can indicate the time after a certain moment.
(3) 一个月前我们还一起吃过饭，但是从那以后，我们就再也没有联系了。
(4) 他回来以后找过你两次。
The other two words cannot be so used.
将来 can be modified by an attributive, while the other two cannot.
(5) 虽然现状并不乐观，但是我坚信你们一定能有一个美好的将来。
这三个时间名词都表示某个时间以后的未来一段时间。“将来”和“今后”指现在之后，“以后”也可以指过去某个时间之后。另外，三个词虽然都可做主语、宾语，但“将来”这样用的时候，除表达较正式外，还能受定语修饰。“今后”较“以后”略显正式。
“以后”也可以表示过去某个时间之后。 其他两个词不能这样用。
“将来”可以受定语修饰，而其他两个词不可以。
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