idiom
君子报仇，十年不晚
jūn zi bào chóu , shí nián bù wǎn
lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom); fig. revenge is a dish best served cold
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君子报仇，十年不晚 (jūn zi bào chóu , shí nián bù wǎn) means "lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom); fig. revenge is a dish best served cold" in Chinese.
君子报仇，十年不晚 is pronounced "jūn zi bào chóu , shí nián bù wǎn" in Mandarin Chinese. It is made up of 9 syllables.
君子报仇，十年不晚 is not part of the HSK vocabulary lists. It may be a specialized or advanced word.
君子报仇，十年不晚 is made up of the characters 君, 子, 报, 仇, ，, 十, 年, 不, 晚. Each character has its own meaning and can appear in other words.
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