秋后算帐 qiū hòu suàn zhàng

to bide time for revenge

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to bide time for revenge
  2. 2. lit. settling accounts after the autumn harvest (idiom); to wait until the time is ripe to settle accounts

Characters

Character Meaning
秋 qiū HSK 3
autumn; fall; harvest time
后 hòu HSK 1
behind; after; later
算 suàn HSK 3
to regard as; to calculate; to figure
帐 zhàng HSK 6
variant of 賬zhàng; tent; canopy