"Hence" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 yú shì thereupon / as a result / consequently / thus / hence
 yòng to use / to make use of / to employ / (coverb) with / using / to need / to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) / usefulness / utility / (bound form) expense / outlay / (courteous) to eat / to drink / (literary) hence / therefore
 gù happening / instance / reason / cause / intentional / former / old / friend / therefore / hence / (of people) to die, dead
 yuán therefore / consequently / thus / hence / thereupon / it follows that / where? / to change (into) / ancient unit of weight and money
 gù chēng ... hence the name (used at the end of a sentence)
 hòu rì the day after tomorrow / from hence / from now / from now on / henceforth
 jūn zǐ yuàn páo chú lit. a nobleman stays clear of the kitchen (idiom, from Mencius) / fig. a nobleman who has seen a living animal cannot bear to see it die, hence he keeps away from the kitchen
 cāng ying lǎo hǔ (coll.) jumping spider (which pounces on houseflies, hence the Chinese name)
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