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Old 10-01-2008, 09:30 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default How to translate this Chinese words "MA HOU PAO" or "马后炮" in English
Would you guys tell me how to translate this Chinese words " MA HOU PAO" or "马后炮” into English? Can I say afterthought or sth? Many Thanks in advance
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Old 11-01-2008, 05:45 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Old 11-01-2008, 07:22 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Old 11-01-2008, 07:32 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Old 12-01-2008, 05:39 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Never heard of it..prolly used like bullshit ie horseshit
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Old 12-01-2008, 07:25 AM   #6 (permalink)
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The perfect word is F*CK.
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Old 12-01-2008, 11:59 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Bootlicker?
lol ya
i oso tihnk of bootlicker...

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Old 12-01-2008, 12:07 PM   #8 (permalink)
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1. a belated action or advice; a belated effort
2. to be too late

马后炮 = belated action

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Old 12-01-2008, 08:48 PM   #9 (permalink)
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news reporter. cause they always say things only after it happened.
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Old 15-01-2008, 11:00 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Bootlicker?
Bootlicker？？
Bootlicker is someone who like to 拍马屁 lah

马后炮equivalent is American catchphrase "Monday-morning quarterback"

"Monday morning quarterback"
n. Informal
One who criticizes or passes judgment from a position of hindsight
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Old 15-01-2008, 12:16 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Monday-morning quarterback. haha, so funny. never hear b4.


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Old 15-01-2008, 01:10 PM   #12 (permalink)
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"Monday-morning quarterback" seems very cheam.


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Old 16-01-2008, 10:43 AM   #13 (permalink)
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"Monday-morning quarterback" is not local phrase mah..
It's commonly used in American..

If you want to use a simpler term.
"One who criticizes or passes judgment from a position of hindsight" deems more appropriate.
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Old 16-01-2008, 03:02 PM   #14 (permalink)
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horse behind run LOL

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Old 16-01-2008, 03:06 PM   #15 (permalink)
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so how should it be used in a sentence? can anyone give an example?

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Old 16-01-2008, 03:46 PM   #16 (permalink)
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ma hou pao = someone who talk after you said it out... so consider 'follower'? =P

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Old 16-01-2008, 05:16 PM   #17 (permalink)
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so chem so chem
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Old 16-01-2008, 05:24 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Not sure if this is the correct one, but I think it is closer, got it from internet => past exonerative

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