- lit. firing after the horse
- fig. belated action
- giving advice in hindsight
Generated definitions (experimental)
- belated action
This term is used to describe actions taken or advice given after an event has already occurred, making it less effective or relevant.
Generated collocations (experimental)
mǎ hòu pào马后炮de的jiàn yì建议advice that comes too latezuò做mǎ hòu pào马后炮to act with hindsightmǎ hòu pào马后炮de的píng lùn评论a comment made after the factzǒng shì总是mǎ hòu pào马后炮always providing belated advicebì miǎn避免mǎ hòu pào马后炮to avoid belated actionsmǎ hòu pào马后炮de的zuò fǎ做法a way of doing things that comes too latetí chū提出mǎ hòu pào马后炮to propose belated suggestionsjiē shòu接受mǎ hòu pào马后炮to accept advice given too latemǎ hòu pào马后炮shì式de的jué cè决策decisions made in hindsightmǎ hòu pào马后炮de的fǎn yìng反应a reaction based on hindsightmǎ hòu pào马后炮de的jiào xun教训lessons learned too lateyú与mǎ hòu pào马后炮wú yì无异no different from giving advice in hindsight