马后炮
mǎ hòu pào
Pinyin

Definition

马后炮
 - 
mǎ hòu pào
  1. lit. firing after the horse
  2. fig. belated action
  3. giving advice in hindsight

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

之后
zhī hòu
  1. 1 afterwards
  2. 2 following
  3. 3 later
  4. 4 after
今后
jīn hòu
  1. 1 hereafter
  2. 2 henceforth
  3. 3 in the future
  4. 4 from now on
以后
yǐ hòu
  1. 1 after
  2. 2 later
  3. 3 afterwards
  4. 4 following
  5. 5 later on
  6. 6 in the future
后
hòu
  1. 1 back
  2. 2 behind
  3. 3 rear
  4. 4 afterwards
  5. 5 after
  6. 6 later
  7. 7 post-
后来
hòu lái
  1. 1 afterwards
  2. 2 later
后悔
hòu huǐ
  1. 1 to regret
  2. 2 to repent
后面
hòu miàn
  1. 1 rear
  2. 2 back
  3. 3 behind
  4. 4 later
  5. 5 afterwards
  6. 6 also pr. [hòu mian]
最后
zuì hòu
  1. 1 final
  2. 2 last
  3. 3 finally
  4. 4 ultimate
然后
rán hòu
  1. 1 after
  2. 2 then (afterwards)
  3. 3 after that
  4. 4 afterwards
神马
shén mǎ
  1. 1 mythical horse
  2. 2 Internet slang for 什麼|什么[shén me]
马
Mǎ
  1. 1 surname Ma
  2. 2 abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Mǎ lái xī yà]
马上
mǎ shàng
  1. 1 at once
  2. 2 right away
  3. 3 immediately
  4. 4 on horseback (i.e. by military force)
龙马精神
lóng mǎ jīng shén
  1. 1 old but still full of vitality (idiom)
事后
shì hòu
  1. 1 after the event
  2. 2 in hindsight
  3. 3 in retrospect
亚马逊
Yà mǎ xùn
  1. 1 Amazon
人马
rén mǎ
  1. 1 men and horses
  2. 2 troops
  3. 3 group of people
  4. 4 troop
  5. 5 staff
  6. 6 centaur
先后
xiān hòu
  1. 1 early or late
  2. 2 priority
  3. 3 in succession
  4. 4 one after another
前后
qián hòu
  1. 1 around
  2. 2 from beginning to end
  3. 3 all around
  4. 4 front and rear
千军万马
qiān jūn wàn mǎ
  1. 1 magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower
  2. 2 all the King's horses and all the King's men
午后
wǔ hòu
  1. 1 afternoon

Idioms (20)

一言既出，驷马难追
yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuī
  1. 1 lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
一马平川
yī mǎ píng chuān
  1. 1 flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom); wide expanse of flat country
三思而后行
sān sī ér hòu xíng
  1. 1 think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance
三马同槽
sān mǎ tóng cáo
  1. 1 three horses at the same trough (idiom, alluding to Sima Yi 司馬懿|司马懿[Sī mǎ Yì] and his two sons); conspirators under the same roof
不甘人后
bù gān rén hòu
  1. 1 (idiom) not want to be outdone
  2. 2 not content to lag behind
不甘后人
bù gān hòu rén
  1. 1 (idiom) not want to be outdone
  2. 2 not content to lag behind
不顾前后
bù gù qián hòu
  1. 1 regardless of what's before or after (idiom); rushing blindly into sth
丢轮扯炮
diū lún chě pào
  1. 1 lose a wheel, tear at the gun (idiom); flustered and confused in a panic
中箭落马
zhòng jiàn luò mǎ
  1. 1 lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
  2. 2 to suffer a serious setback (idiom)
事后聪明
shì hòu cōng ming
  1. 1 wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it
事后诸葛亮
shì hòu Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 a genius in retrospect (idiom); hindsight is 20-20
人仰马翻
rén yǎng mǎ fān
  1. 1 to suffer a crushing defeat (idiom)
  2. 2 in a pitiful state
  3. 3 in a complete mess
  4. 4 to roll (with laughter)
人喊马嘶
rén hǎn mǎ sī
  1. 1 lit. people shouting and horses neighing (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. tumultuous
  3. 3 hubbub
人困马乏
rén kùn mǎ fá
  1. 1 riders tired and horses weary (idiom)
  2. 2 worn out
  3. 3 exhausted
  4. 4 spent
  5. 5 fatigued
人有失手，马有失蹄
rén yǒu shī shǒu , mǎ yǒu shī tí
  1. 1 lit. just as humans make mistakes, so can a horse stumble (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everyone makes mistakes
  3. 3 even the best fall down sometimes
先斩后奏
xiān zhǎn hòu zòu
  1. 1 first decapitate then present your trophy (idiom); act first, report later
先礼后兵
xiān lǐ hòu bīng
  1. 1 peaceful measures before using force (idiom); diplomacy before violence
  2. 2 jaw-jaw is better than war-war
光前裕后
guāng qián yù hòu
  1. 1 to bring honor to one's ancestors and benefit future generations (idiom)
兵强马壮
bīng qiáng mǎ zhuàng
  1. 1 lit. strong soldiers and sturdy horses (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a well-trained and powerful army
兵荒马乱
bīng huāng mǎ luàn
  1. 1 soldiers munity and troops rebel (idiom); turmoil and chaos of war

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