秋後算賬 in Chinese

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{
  "etymology_text": "From the historical judicial practice where less-serious prisoners on death row would not be executed immediately after sentencing, but during autumn.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "秋后算账",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "秋後算帳",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "秋后算帐",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "秋後算賬",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "settling accounts after the autumn harvest",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
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          "_dis": "94 6",
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        {
          "_dis": "96 4",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to wait until the time is ripe to settle accounts, to bide time for revenge"
      ],
      "id": "en-秋後算賬-zh-phrase-I2pzeGqv",
      "links": [
        [
          "wait",
          "wait"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to get revenge after a matter is over"
      ],
      "id": "en-秋後算賬-zh-phrase-pz5g2i8m",
      "links": [
        [
          "get",
          "get"
        ],
        [
          "revenge",
          "revenge"
        ],
        [
          "matter",
          "matter"
        ],
        [
          "over",
          "over"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qiūhòusuànzhàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄡ ㄏㄡˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄓㄤˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cau¹ hau⁶ syun³ zoeng³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qiūhòusuànzhàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄡ ㄏㄡˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄓㄤˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ciouhòusuànjhàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chʻiu¹-hou⁴-suan⁴-chang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chyōu-hòu-swàn-jàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chiouhowsuannjanq"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cjuxousuanʹčžan",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цюхоусуаньчжан"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ su̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cau¹ hau⁶ syun³ zoeng³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chāu hauh syun jeung"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsau¹ hau⁶ syn³ dzoeng³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ceo¹ heo⁶ xun³ zêng³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵ hɐu̯²² syːn³³ t͡sœːŋ³³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "秋後算賬"
}

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    "Chinese idioms",
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    "Chinese terms spelled with 後",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 秋",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 算",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 賬",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the historical judicial practice where less-serious prisoners on death row would not be executed immediately after sentencing, but during autumn.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "秋后算账",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "秋後算帳",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "秋后算帐",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "秋後算賬",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "settling accounts after the autumn harvest",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to wait until the time is ripe to settle accounts, to bide time for revenge"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wait",
          "wait"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to get revenge after a matter is over"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "get",
          "get"
        ],
        [
          "revenge",
          "revenge"
        ],
        [
          "matter",
          "matter"
        ],
        [
          "over",
          "over"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qiūhòusuànzhàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄡ ㄏㄡˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄓㄤˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cau¹ hau⁶ syun³ zoeng³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qiūhòusuànzhàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄡ ㄏㄡˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄓㄤˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ciouhòusuànjhàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chʻiu¹-hou⁴-suan⁴-chang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chyōu-hòu-swàn-jàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chiouhowsuannjanq"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cjuxousuanʹčžan",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цюхоусуаньчжан"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ su̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cau¹ hau⁶ syun³ zoeng³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chāu hauh syun jeung"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsau¹ hau⁶ syn³ dzoeng³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ceo¹ heo⁶ xun³ zêng³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵ hɐu̯²² syːn³³ t͡sœːŋ³³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "秋後算賬"
}

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"秋後算賬" meaning in Chinese

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