Definition

1. Noun:
   • A person of a younger generation, a junior: Refers to someone who is born later or is younger than the speaker or a reference group. It emphasizes the relationship between generations.
   • Posterity, future generations: Can refer to people who will live in the future, collectively.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Không nên khinh thường hậu sinh. (We should not slight our juniors.)
  • Câu chuyện này sẽ được lưu truyền cho hậu sinh. (This story will be passed down to posterity.)
  • Ông ấy luôn dành sự kỳ vọng lớn cho lớp hậu sinh. (He always places great expectations on the younger generation.)

Advanced Usage

• "Hậu sinh khả úy": A classical idiom (from Chinese) meaning "The younger generations are to be feared" or "The younger generations know better." It expresses respect for the talent and potential of those who come after.
  • Nhìn thành tựu của các bạn trẻ, đúng là hậu sinh khả úy. (Looking at the achievements of the young people, it's true that the younger generations are formidable.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hậu bối (noun): A synonym, also meaning "juniors" or "younger generation," often used in more formal or classical contexts.
• Hậu thế (noun): Posterity, future ages. Focuses more on the distant future and generations to come.
  • Làm việc nghĩa vì hậu thế. (Do charitable work for posterity.)
• Tiền bối (noun): Antonym meaning "senior," "predecessor," or "elder generation."

Synonyms

• Thế hệ sau (noun): The generation after.
• Người đi sau (noun): Those who come after.

Related Phrases

• Kính trọng tiền bối, yêu quý hậu sinh: A saying meaning "Respect the seniors, cherish the juniors."
• Gương sáng cho hậu sinh: A role model for the younger generation.

1. Person of a younger generation, junior
   • Không nên khinh thường hậu sinh
     We should not slight our juniors
   • Hậu sinh khả úy
     The younger generations are to be feared; the younger generations know better