give an untimely help
Send an umbrella after the rain, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǔ h ò us ò ngs ǎ n, which means after the event to be courteous, but also to help not in time. From Emperor Kangxi.
The origin of Idioms
Eryuehe "Emperor Kangxi" Volume 4 53: "no see, no see. A few days ago, when I was dying, other elder brothers were here to wait on me, but he and I were ill together. Now I have just come back, and he is better. What kind of false gallantry do you offer after the rain? "
Idiom usage
As an object or attributive, it refers to the post event behavior. example things happen from time to time.
Chinese PinYin : yǔ hòu sòng sǎn
give an untimely help
one has nothing to regret in life. hán xiào jiǔ quán
wise chancellors and brave generals. móu chén měng jiāng
wait every day under the tree , in the hope that a hare would kill itself by crashing into a tree trunk. shǒu zhū dài tù