Our free resources help you explore Chinese idioms and proverbs. These phrases are full of meaning and widely applicable. Today, we introduce 「放馬後炮」—details below.
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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