马后炮

/ mǎhòupào /

Strokes

Definition

lit. firing after the horse/fig. belated action/giving advice in hindsight

Example

As a Noun

belated action or advice; second guess

Tā

他

shì

是

gè

个

mǎhòupào

马后炮

。

He is always a second-guesser.

Kǎoshì

考试

dōu

都

wán

完

了

nǐ

你

cái

才

shuō

说

bāng

帮

wǒ

我

fùxí

复习

gōngkè

功课

zhè

这

qǐ

岂

bù

不

shì

是

mǎhòupào

马后炮

吗

You come and offer to help with my lessons only after the examination. Isn't that a bit too late?

Fàngmǎhòupào

放马后炮

be a Monday morning quarterback; make an I-told-you-so remark; second-guess