馬後炮

马后炮
mǎhòupào
  1. (Chinese chess) moving the cannon after moving the horse away
  2. (fig.) a useless action or comment; sth done after it's too late

CEDICT

Homographs

馬後砲 mǎhòupào variant of 馬後炮 mǎhòupào

Entry Composition

1 馬 mǎ
  1. horse
  2. horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess
  3. knight in Western chess

classifier: 匹
2 後 hòu
  1. back
  2. behind
  3. rear
  4. afterwards
  5. after
  6. later
  7. post-
=3 炮 pào
  1. cannon
  2. firecracker

classifier: 座
=3 炮 pào variant of 炮 pào