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): ㄑㄧㄡㄏㄡˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄓㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cau¹ hau⁶ syun³ zoeng³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qiūhòusuànzhàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡㄏㄡˋ 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

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

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