放马后炮(fàng mǎ hòu pào): to fire after the horse has bolted (idiom)
4 charactersTrad. 放馬後炮
to fire after the horse has bolted (idiom)
Character breakdown
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Word information
- Pinyin
- fàng mǎ hòu pào
- Meaning
- to fire after the horse has bolted (idiom); to act too late to be effective
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- 放馬後炮
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