后见之明

後見之明
hòujiànzhīmíng
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 hindsight
  2. 2 wisdom after the fact

Examples

HSK 6
Shìhòu pīpíng biérén hěn róngyì, nà zhǐshì hòujiànzhīmíng.
It's easy to criticize others after the fact - that's just hindsight.
HSK 7-9
Tóuzī fēnxī zhōng yào bìmiǎn hòujiànzhīmíng de piānchā.
In investment analysis you must avoid hindsight bias.

Tips

usage
Mirror of 先见之明 (xiānjiànzhīmíng, foresight). 先 = before, 后 = after - same structure, opposite timing.

Stroke Order

后 hòu
见 jiàn
之 zhī
明 míng