秋後算帳

秋後算帳

Chinese

			to do accounts; to balance the books; to make out the bills to do accounts; to balance the books; to make out the bills; to square; to settle accounts; to get even
trad. (秋後算帳)		秋後	算帳
simp. (秋后算帐)		秋后	算帐
variant forms		秋後算賬／秋后算账
Literally: “settling accounts after the autumn harvest”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiūhòusuànzhàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡ ㄏㄡˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄓㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau¹ hau⁶ syun³ zoeng³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiūhòusuànzhàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡ ㄏㄡˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄓㄤˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiouhowsuannjanq
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ su̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cau¹ hau⁶ syun³ zoeng³
    • Yale: chāu hauh syun jeung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau¹ hau⁶ syn³ dzoeng³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo¹ heo⁶ xun³ zêng³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵ hɐu̯²² ʃyːn³³ t͡ʃœ̽ːŋ³³/

Idiom

秋後算帳

1. to wait until the time is ripe to settle accounts, to bide time for revenge
2. to get revenge after a matter is over