秋后算帐 — Chinese idiom
秋后算帐
qiū hòu suàn zhàng
Traditional: 秋後算帳
Meaning
- lit. settle accounts after the autumn harvest
- to wait until the time is ripe to settle accounts; to bide one's time for revenge
Character by character
- 秋qiūautumn, fall; year
- 后hòuafter; behind, rear; descendants
- 算suànto calculate, to count; to figure, to plan
- 帐zhàngtent, screen, mosquito net; debt, credit, account
Idioms sharing a character
- 一日三秋 yī rì sān qiū
- 一叶知秋 yī yè zhī qiū
- 一雨成秋 yī yǔ chéng qiū
- 各有千秋 gè yǒu qiān qiū
- 多事之秋 duō shì zhī qiū
- 春秋大梦 chūn qiū dà mèng
- 暗送秋波 àn sòng qiū bō
- 秋后算账 qiū hòu suàn zhàng
- 秋毫无犯 qiū háo wú fàn
- 秋荼密网 qiū tú mì wǎng
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