马后炮 mǎ hòu pào

giving advice in hindsight; fig. belated action

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 25910th word

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
马 mǎ HSK 3
horse; surname Ma
后 hòu HSK 1
behind; after; later
炮 pào HSK 5
cannon; firecracker; variant of 炮pào