used to mean that it is easy to understand what you could have done to prevent something bad from happening after it has happened
事后聪明很容易;放马后炮很容易
In retrospect, we should have insisted on checking his calculations, but it's easy to be wise after the event. 
回想起来,我们本该坚持检查他的计算结果,不过事后聪明倒是容易。