君子报仇，十年不晚

Traditional form:

君子報仇，十年不晚

Pinyin (reading):

jūnzibàochóu,shíniánbùwǎn

Definitions:

• lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom)
• fig. revenge is a dish best served cold

Characters:

• 君 - sovereign, ruler, prince, monarch, chief
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
• 报 - to announce, to report; newspaper; payback, revenge
• 仇 - enemy; hatred, enmity
• 十 - ten, tenth; complete; perfect
• 年 - year; anniversary; a person's age
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 晚 - night, evening; late

Traditional characters:

• 君 - sovereign, ruler, prince, monarch, chief
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
• 報 - to announce, to report; newspaper; payback, revenge
• 仇 - enemy; hatred, enmity
• 十 - ten, tenth; complete; perfect
• 年 - year; anniversary; a person's age
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 晚 - night, evening; late