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秋后算帐
qiū hòu suàn zhàng
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基本释义
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- [ qiū hòu suàn zhàng ]
- [square accounts after the autumn harvest--wait until after a political movement is over to settle accounts with the leadership or the masses] 原义是指秋收以后结清欠帐，现在常用来比喻等待时机进行报复，有贬义
- 英文翻译
- to bide time for revenge
- lit. settling accounts after the autumn harvest (idiom)
- to wait until the time is ripe to settle accounts