秋后算帐

Traditional form:

秋後算帳

Pinyin (reading):

qiūhòusuànzhàng

Definitions:

• lit. settle accounts after the autumn harvest (idiom)
• to wait until the time is ripe to settle accounts; to bide one's time for revenge

Characters:

• 秋 - autumn, fall; year
• 后 - after; behind, rear; descendants
• 算 - to calculate, to count; to figure, to plan
• 帐 - tent, screen, mosquito net; debt, credit, account

Traditional characters:

• 秋 - autumn, fall; year
• 後 - after; behind, rear; descendants
• 算 - to calculate, to count; to figure, to plan
• 帳 - tent, screen, mosquito net; debt, credit, account