秋后算账 (秋後算賬)
qiū hòu suàn zhàng
Pinyin
Definition
秋后算账 (秋後算賬)
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- lit. to settle accounts after autumn
- settle scores at an opportune moment (idiom)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一日三秋
- 1 a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
一日不见,如隔三秋
- 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
一叶知秋
- 1 lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom)
- 2 fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend
- 3 a straw in the wind
一雨成秋
- 1 a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom)
冰壶秋月
- 1 jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡); fig. spotless white and pure
- 2 flawless person