后会有期

後會有期

hòuhuì-yǒuqī

idiom #17,504

Meanings

1 we'll meet again someday
2 until we meet again

Characters

to have; there is

period; date; to expect

Literally 'later meeting has a date' - there will be a time for us to meet again.

Examples

HSK 1

朋友们，后会有期！

Péngyoumen, hòuhuì-yǒuqī!

Friends, until we meet again!

HSK 6

他在信的结尾写道：后会有期。

Tā zài xìn de jiéwěi xiědào: Hòuhuì-yǒuqī.

He wrote at the end of the letter: 'Until we meet again.'

Tips

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后会有期 is a formal or literary farewell - more dramatic than 再见. It implies parting for a long or uncertain time but with confidence that you will meet again.

Stroke Order

后 hòu

会 huì

有 yǒu

期 qī