然后 (然後) ránhòu

ránhòu conjunction after; after that; afterwards
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Correlative 关联词
Notes: The form 先…然后 is mainly used in coordinate complex sentences in a later clause to explain a correlative or successive relation. This word has the same meaning in Literary Chinese as Modern Chinese (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 119).

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  • Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 33
  • Scroll 3 Guhyasamayagarbharāja (Fo Shuo Mimi Sanmei Da Jiao Wang Jing) 佛說祕密三昧大教王經 — count: 29
  • Scroll 1 Āyuṣparyantasūtra (Fo Shuo Jiaoliang Shouming Jing) 佛說較量壽命經 — count: 25
  • Scroll 2 Guhyasamayagarbharāja (Fo Shuo Mimi Sanmei Da Jiao Wang Jing) 佛說祕密三昧大教王經 — count: 25
  • Scroll 5 Sarvatathāgatatattvasaṁgraha (Compendium of True Principles of all Tathāgatas) 佛說一切如來真實攝大乘現證三昧大教王經 — count: 23
  • Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 22
  • Scroll 3 Mahāmaṇivipulavimānaviśvasupratiṣṭhitaguhyaparamarahasyakalparājadhāraṇī (Guangda Bao Louge Shan Zhu Mimi Tuoluoni Jing) 廣大寶樓閣善住祕密陀羅尼經 — count: 20
  • Scroll 2 Yogacārabhūmi (Damo Duoluo Chan Jing) 達摩多羅禪經 — count: 20
  • Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 20
  • Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 20