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马后炮

Word

a comment or action that comes too late to help

Traditional
馬後炮

mǎ hòu pào

ma3hou4pao4HSK 7–9

Meaning

  1. a comment or action that comes too late to help
  2. in Chinese chess, a cannon placed behind a horse

Examples

  • 你现在说，都是马后炮。

    nǐ xiàn zài shuō dōu shì mǎ hòu pào

    Saying that now is too late to help.

    AI-generated sentence

  • 别再说马后炮了。

    bié zài shuō mǎ hòu pào le

    Stop saying things only when it is too late.

    AI-generated sentence

  • 他下棋走了马后炮。

    tā xià qí zǒu le mǎ hòu pào

    He played the cannon-behind-horse move in the chess game.

    AI-generated sentence

Characters in 马后炮

马mǎ后hòu炮pào

Words with 马后炮

放马后炮fàng mǎ hòu pàoto fire after the horse has bolted (idiom); to act too late to be effectiveWord
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