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事后诸葛亮

shì hòu Zhū gě Liàngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
person who is wise after the event
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-1e0076fb5199f946. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

事後諸葛亮 事后诸葛亮 [shi4 hou4 Zhu1 ge3 Liang4] /person who is wise after the event/

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Other forms in these source records: 事後諸葛亮

  • 事
    shì

    matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件[jiàn],樁|桩[zhuāng],回[huí]

  • 后
    hòu

    empress / queen / (archaic) monarch / ruler / back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post-

    Hòu

    surname Hou

  • 诸
    zhū

    all / various

    Zhū

    surname Zhu

  • 葛
    gé

    kudzu (Pueraria lobata) / hemp cloth

    Gě

    surname Ge

  • 亮
    liàng

    bright / light / to shine / to flash / loud and clear / to show (one's passport etc) / to make public (one's views etc)

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.