Word information
Simplified事后聪明
Traditional事後聰明
Pinyinshì hòu cōng ming
Part of speechDictionary
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Chinese word dictionary
事后聪明
shì hòu cōng ming · wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it
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后hòu
back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-; empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler; surname Hou
没事méishìit's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble)
明年míngniánnext year
明天míngtiāntomorrow
事shìmatter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
后面hòumiànthe back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards