马
后
炮

Lit. firing after the horse in Chinese: 马后炮 (mǎ hòu pào)

mǎ hòu pào

lit. firing after the horse

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 馬後炮1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1lit. firing after the horse
  2. 2fig. belated action
  3. 3giving advice in hindsight

Stroke order

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马
后
炮

Zhuyin

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ㄇㄚˇ

mǎ

ㄇ/ mㄚ/ aˇ/ third tone

ㄏㄡˋ

hòu

ㄏ/ hㄡ/ ouˋ/ fourth tone

ㄆㄠˋ

pào

ㄆ/ pㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

马后炮

Simplified

馬後炮

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 现在才提意见，全是马后炮。

    xiàn zài cái tí yì jiàn， quán shì mǎ hòu pào。

    Bringing up suggestions only now is all hindsight.

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Related words

马

mǎ

horse

后

hòu

empress

炮

pào

cannon

后面

hòu mian

the back

马上

mǎ shàng

at once

然后

rán hòu

then

以后

yǐ hòu

after

后悔

hòu huǐ

to regret

后来

hòu lái

afterwards

马虎

mǎ hu

careless

最后

zuì hòu

final

鞭炮

biān pào

firecrackers

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