馬後炮

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Chinese

horse; surname
back; behind; rear
back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later
 
 cannon; gun; firecracker
trad. (馬後炮/馬後砲) 馬 後 炮/砲
simp. (马后炮) 马 后 炮
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Etymology

The name of a Chinese chess move; see the Wikipedia article for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

馬後炮

  1. (xiangqi) “cannon shot behind horse”, a position in which one's general is checkmated by the opponent's horse and cannon
  2. (idiomatic, figurative) belated effort or action; twenty-twenty hindsight

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