马
后
炮

马后炮 (mǎ hòu pào) – lit. firing after the horse

mǎ hòu pào

lit. firing after the horse

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 馬後炮0 example sentences

Definitions

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

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马后炮

Simplified

馬後炮

Traditional

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Related words

马

mǎ

surname Ma

后

hòu

surname Hou

炮

bāo

to sauté

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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