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秋後算賬
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bide one's time to take revenge; wait until sth is over to settle accounts with sb [literal] settle accounts after the autumn harvest Level: 4 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Characters in this word:秋 cau1 - autumn後 hau6 - behind; come after 算 syun3 - calculate; plan; guess; include; consider 賬 zoeng3 - account; debt |
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: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping.
Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.
: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).