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算总账

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算总账的方式
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算总账的办法
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算一下总账
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和……算总账

Definition

算总账

Literally means:

square the whole accounts with someone

Actually means:

reckon with someone

It figuratively means settling all the unsolved problems or clearing scores on all the past errors or feuds at one time.

比喻在某个时候集中解决过去未了结的事情,或对积累下来的错误或恩怨进行总清算。

Example

Used as predicate or attributive. It can be used with other words in between. (作谓语、定语,中间可插入别的词语)
1
men
我们
yào
yòng
利用
niánzhōng
年终
kǎo
考核
de
huì
机会
suànsuàn
算算
zǒngzhàng
总账
  
,
zǒngjié
总结
xià
zhè
nián
lái
zài
gōngzuò
工作
zhōng
de
shìfēishī
是非得失
  

We should take advantage of the year-end assessment opportunity to calculate the general ledger, sum up the year in the work of the right and wrong.

2
Yàoshi
要是
suànsuàn
算算
zhège
这个
xiǎotōu
小偷
zhè
nián
lái
tōuqiè
偷窃
de
zǒngzhàng
总账
  
,
kàn
pàn
shí
nián
de
xíng
徒刑
suàn
guòfèn
过分
  

If you count the thief's general ledger stolen this year, I don't think it's too much to sentence him to ten years in prison.

3
rènwéi
认为
  
,
tóngshì
同事
zhījiān
之间
彼此
yǒu
jiàn
意见
yīnggāi
应该
shí
及时
dāngmiàn
当面
chūlái
出来
  
,
guǒ
如果
cǎi
采取
suànzǒngzhàng
算总账
de
bàn
办法
  
,
jiù
huì
shāng
le
qi
和气
  

In his view, colleagues have opinions with each other should be put forward in a timely and face-to-face, if the general ledger approach, it will hurt the gas.