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事后聪明

shì hòu cōng ming

4-character word Traditional 事後聰明

What 事后聪明 means

1. wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it

The characters in 事后聪明

• 事shìmatter; thing; item
• 后hòuempress; queen; (archaic) monarch
• 聪cōng(literary) acute (of hearing); (bound form) clever; intelligent; sharp
• 明míngbright; opposite: dark 暗; (of meaning) clear

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