事後諸葛亮

See also: 事后诸葛亮

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìhòu Zhūgě Liàng, shìhòu Zhūgé Liàng

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

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ hau⁶ zyu¹ got³ loeng⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìhòu Zhūgě Liàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄏㄡˋ ㄓㄨ ㄍㄜˇ ㄌㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhhòu Jhugě Liàng
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-hou⁴ Chu¹-ko³ Liang⁴
    • Yale: shr̀-hòu Jū-gě Lyàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhhow Jugee Lianq
    • Palladius: шихоу Чжугэ Лян (šixou Čžugɛ Ljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ kɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìhòu Zhūgé Liàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄏㄡˋ ㄓㄨ ㄍㄜˊ ㄌㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhhòu Jhugé Liàng
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-hou⁴ Chu¹-ko² Liang⁴
    • Yale: shr̀-hòu Jū-gé Lyàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhhow Juger Lianq
    • Palladius: шихоу Чжугэ Лян (šixou Čžugɛ Ljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ kɤ³⁵ li̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ hau⁶ zyu¹ got³ loeng⁶
    • Yale: sih hauh jyū got leuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ hau⁶ dzy¹ got⁸ loeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ heo⁶ ju¹ god³ lêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² hɐu̯²² t͡syː⁵⁵ kɔːt̚³ lœːŋ²²/

Idiom

事後諸葛亮

1. expert in hindsight; twenty-twenty hindsight; to have pseudo-intellectual opinion after the fact but not before

Synonyms

• 事後諸葛／事后诸葛 (shìhòu zhūgě)
• (Cantonese) 事後孔明／事后孔明