created sense approved 君子报仇，十年不晚/君子報仇，十年不晚 · jūnzibàochóushíniánbùwǎn · revenge is a dish best served cold — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
君子报仇，十年不晚 / 君子報仇，十年不晚
jūnzibàochóushíniánbùwǎn
revenge is a dish best served cold
Literally "for a person of noble character to take revenge, ten years is not too late"; implies that it is better to wait for the perfect moment to settle a score than to act rashly.
君子 (literal) → 君子 · jūnzǐ · gentleman 报仇 (literal) → 报仇/報仇 · bàochóu · to take revenge ， (non_chinese) 十 (literal) → 十 · shí · ten 年 (literal) → 年 · nián · year 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 晚 (literal) → 晚 · wǎn · late
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