shì​hòu​cōng​ming

wise after the event

  • created sense approved 事后聪明/事後聰明 · shì​hòu​cōng​ming · wise after the event — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    事后聪明 / 事後聰明

    shì​hòu​cōng​ming

    wise after the event

    to be wise after the event; used to describe someone who claims to have known what would happen only after it has already occurred

    事后 (literal) → 事后/事後 · shì​hòu · afterwards 聪明 (literal) → 聪明/聰明 · cōng​ming · intelligent

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    created sense