settle accounts with sb. afterwards(qiū hòu suàn zhàng)

settle accounts with sb. afterwards

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin, is Qi ū h ò usu à nzh à ng, which means to judge who is right and who is wrong when things develop to the final stage. It also means to wait for the opportunity to retaliate afterwards. From Mo Yingfeng's general chant.

The origin of Idioms

Chapter 7 of Mo Yingfeng's general chant: "some people don't think so. They cling to the black material and prepare to settle accounts in the future."

Idiom usage

It means waiting for revenge. example we don't scratch the braid, hit the stick, you can rest assured.

Idioms and allusions

The word "qiuhou Wenzhan" should begin in the Tang Dynasty. Heroes of the marsh have mentioned the word "ask after autumn", which should be the first word to appear. However, the time of interrogation and chopping is not necessarily after autumn. It was not until the Ming and Qing dynasties that it was fixed in the late autumn, and after Jiaqing, it was changed to be executed at random. This origin is based on the work and rest of farmers, spring ploughing, summer work, autumn harvest and winter Tibet. In ancient times, after being sentenced to death, the death penalty criminals usually asked for centralized execution, and they also announced in advance. The reason why we choose autumn and winter is mainly to consider the role of warning. Farmers were relatively free in autumn and winter, which was also convenient for local officials to mobilize people to watch, and people were forced to watch at that time. Generally, the execution time is concentrated between September and October. Therefore, there will be the word "asking and beheading after autumn". Autumn has the spirit of extermination, so death penalty is more than execution in autumn. Moreover, it is probably because of the depression of everything in winter, which is also the end of the year. It is also suitable for execution. Spring symbolizes rebirth, and everything is growing vigorously in summer. Therefore, it is less suitable to take people's lives. in addition, the lower temperature in autumn and winter makes it difficult for microorganisms on corpses to reproduce, which greatly reduces the incidence of plague after improper handling of corpses.

Chinese PinYin : qiū hòu suàn zhàng