事後諸葛

Chinese

		after the event; in hindsight; in retrospect	Zhuge Liang
trad. (事後諸葛)		事後	諸葛
simp. (事后诸葛)		事后	诸葛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìhòu zhūgě, shìhòu zhūgé

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄏㄡˋ ㄓㄨ ㄍㄜˇ, ㄕˋ ㄏㄡˋ ㄓㄨ ㄍㄜˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìhòu zhūgě
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄏㄡˋ ㄓㄨ ㄍㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhhòu jhugě
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-hou⁴ chu¹-ko³
    • Yale: shr̀-hòu jū-gě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhhow jugee
    • Palladius: шихоу чжугэ (šixou čžugɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ kɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìhòu zhūgé
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄏㄡˋ ㄓㄨ ㄍㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhhòu jhugé
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-hou⁴ chu¹-ko²
    • Yale: shr̀-hòu jū-gé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhhow juger
    • Palladius: шихоу чжугэ (šixou čžugɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ kɤ³⁵/

Idiom

事後諸葛

1. Synonym of 事後諸葛亮／事后诸葛亮 (shìhòu Zhūgě Liàng, “expert in hindsight; twenty-twenty hindsight; to have pseudo-intellectual opinion after the fact but not before”)