放马后炮
fàng​mǎ​hòu​pào

to act too late

  • created reference approved 放马后炮/放馬後炮 → 马后炮/馬後炮 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    放马后炮 / 放馬後炮 fàng​mǎ​hòu​pào

    马后炮 / 馬後炮 mǎ​hòu​pào

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 放马后炮/放馬後炮 · fàng​mǎ​hòu​pào · to act too late — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    放马后炮 / 放馬後炮

    fàng​mǎ​hòu​pào

    to act too late

    to fire a cannon after the horse has bolted; to act too late to be effective or make a suggestion after the event is already over

    放, 马后炮

    放 (literal) → 放 · fàng · to set off 马后炮 (literal) → 马后炮/馬後炮 · mǎ​hòu​pào · belated advice

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense