秋后算帐

Traditional: 秋後算帳

qiū hòu suàn zhàng

Dictionary entry

lit. settle accounts after the autumn harvest (idiom)

What does 秋后算帐 mean?

秋后算帐 (qiū hòu suàn zhàng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. settle accounts after the autumn harvest (idiom)

2to wait until the time is ripe to settle accounts; to bide one's time for revenge

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秋Qiūsurname Qiu 后Hòusurname Hou 算suànto calculate; to figure out · to include; to count in 帐zhàng(bound form) curtain; tent; canopy · variant of 賬|账[zhang4]

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秋后算帐

qiū hòu suàn zhàng

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