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放马后炮

放馬後砲

fàng mǎ hòu pào

fong3 ma5 hau6 paau3

to act too late to be effective

Very infrequent

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to fire after the horse has bolted (idiom) / to act too late to be effective /

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Cantofish: samemdbg

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

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