汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 馬後炮
馬後炮 (马后炮)
lit. firing after the horse / fig. belated action / giving advice in hindsight
Chess term / An analogy of an untimely move
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

其实,这种马后炮的消息真的能影响楼市吗?

In fact, this belated action by the news really affect the property market?

然而,颜色往往只是通盘决定之后的马后炮,有时候甚至被不管不顾。

However, far too often color enters the equation as an afterthought, or worse, not all all.

运气加上技巧,使得“牌局如人生,充斥着不完全信息和马后炮。”李德勒如是说。

It blends with skill to produce a game that is "much like life, full of incomplete information and second-guessing," says Mr Lederer.

另有条马后炮的规定是,议案指令美国总审计长研究薪酬计划与过度冒险之间是否有必然联系。

Rather belatedly, the bill orders America's comptroller-general to study whether there is a connection between compensation structures and excessive risk-taking.