秋後算帳 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
後 hòu
behind; after; later
算 suàn HSK 3
to regard as; to calculate; to figure
帳 zhàng
variant of 賬zhàng; tent; canopy