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放马后炮

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4-character word Traditional 放馬後炮

What 放马后炮 means

1. to fire after the horse has bolted (idiom); to act too late to be effective

The characters in 放马后炮

• 放fàngto put; to place; to release
• 马mǎhorse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
• 后hòuempress; queen; (archaic) monarch
• 炮pàocannon; firecracker