"(in) the future" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 以后 |  yǐ hòu | after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future |   |
| 今后 | jīn hòu | hereafter / henceforth / in the future / from now on | |
| 将来 | jiāng lái | in the future / future / the future / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 往后 | wǎng hòu | from now on / in the future / time to come | |
| 往前 | wǎng qián | (in) the past / ahead / forward / in the future | |
| 早晚 | zǎo wǎn | morning and evening / (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later / one of these days / (coll.) (this, or that) point of time / (dialect) at some time in the future | |
| 远期 | yuǎn qī | long-term / at a fixed date in the future (e.g. for repayment) / abbr. for 遠期合約|远期合约[yuan3 qi1 he2 yue1] | |
| 有朝一日 | yǒu zhāo yī rì | one day / sometime in the future | |
| 在未来 | zài wèi lái | in the future | |
| 有朝 | yǒu zhāo | one day / sometime in the future | |
| 前无古人，后无来者 | qián wú gǔ rén , hòu wú lái zhě | there has never been and never will be another person like this (idiom) / never done before and unlikely to be matched in the future / peerless | |
| 后患无穷 | hòu huàn - wú qióng | (idiom) there will be no end of trouble in the future | |
