HSK 4 · noun · Practice

前后

qiánhòu

around (a time); front and back; before and after

考试前后他都很紧张。

Kǎoshì qiánhòu tā dōu hěn jǐnzhāng.

He was nervous both before and after the exam.

这两段文字前后互相呼应。

Zhè liǎng duàn wénzì qiánhòu hùxiāng hūyìng。

These two paragraphs echo each other from beginning to end.

他前后说的话自相矛盾。

Tā qiánhòu shuō dehuà zìxiāng-máodùn。

What he said before and after contradicts itself.