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Today, we explore the idiom 「放馬後炮」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.

It is a metaphor to make comments after something has passed.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

fàng mǎ hòu pào

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

fong3 ma5 hau6 paau3

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