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Definitions
1. lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom)
2. fig. revenge is a dish best served cold
Components
报仇
bào chóu
–
to take revenge
十年
shí nián
–
decade
不
bù
–
(negative prefix)
晚
wǎn
–
evening