马后炮

mǎhòupào

belated action; comment made too late

nounHSK 3.0 word list · Band 7trad. 馬後炮
Dictionary entry

(Chinese chess) moving the cannon after moving the horse away; (fig.) a useless action or comment; sth done after it's too late

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马
后
炮

See it in sentences

别放马后炮。

Bié fàng mǎhòupào.

English

Do not second-guess after the fact.

事情过了再说,就是马后炮。

Shìqing guò le zàishuō, jiùshì mǎhòupào.

English

Saying it after the fact is just hindsight.

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