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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *债* | 债* | *债
debt / CL: 筆|笔
HSK 6
in arrears / behind in payments / to default on one's debts
HSK 7-9
to prevent / to avoid / to excuse / to exempt / to relieve / (of a debt) to remit
HSK 7-9
debt / liability / amount due / indebtedness
HSK 7-9
hole / pocket / cavity / loophole / debt
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *赖* | 赖* | *赖
to depend on / to hang on in a place / bad / to renege (on promise) / to disclaim / to rat (on debts) / rascally / to blame / to put the blame on
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *账* | 账* | *账
account / bill / debt / CL: , 筆|笔
HSK 6
to settle a debt
to pay back in full / to redeem a debt
to go ashore; to climb ashore / (fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period of struggle (e.g. to get a government job, be admitted to a desirable university, or finally pay off one's debts)
debt of gratitude coupled with duty to avenge
to own up to a fault / to admit the truth / to acknowledge a debt
lit. when up to one's ears in debt, one ceases to worry about it (idiom) / fig. to be past worrying (about sth)
to owe a debt / debt / obligation
foreign debt
to owe a debt / balance due / debts
bad debt
to urge sb to provide sth / (esp.) to press (for payment of a debt); debt collection
bad debt
to renege on a debt
for every grievance someone is responsible, for every debt there is a debtor (idiom) / when settling disputes one should not involve third parties
to be deeply in (trouble, debt etc) / deep set (eyes)
balance due / small balance still to pay / final remaining debt
national debt / government debt
disorganized accounts / uncollectable debts; bad debt
debt of gratitude
lit. when covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore, and when up to one's ears in debt, one ceases to worry about it (saying) / fig. to be past worrying (about sth)
crop failure / famine / debt / difficulty
bad debt
to reduce payment / to annul (debts, bills, taxes etc) / to let sb off paying
(coll.) debt dodger
debt of blood (after killing sb)
to be in debt / to incur debts / liability (finance)
credit card debt
to run; to go somewhere on foot; (coll.) to abscond; to run off (esp. to evade debts or legal trouble)
to press for payment of debts / to dun
(of wine) aged / (of debts etc) old; longstanding
forced labor to repay a debt
to have paid one's karmic debts (Buddhism)
to demand repayment of debt
compound interest (esp. in loans, snowballing debt)
to extend the period / to reschedule (a debt)
(of an illness, debt etc) to plague one; to bog one down; to preoccupy one
in debt / in the red / in deficit
debt security; bond security
to repay a debt in full / to redeem / to clear
lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt
to fall deeper and deeper (in debt, in love etc)
(medical) compensation / to repay a debt or obligation in place of sb else
collateralized debt obligation (CDO), type of bond
to pay a debt of gratitude / to repay a kindness
IOU / informal document acknowledging a debt
to arrange (colloquial) / to transfer creditor's rights (in a debt case)
to repay one's debt
convertible debt / convertible bond
deep in debt
debt
to repay a debt
to repay a debt in kind or by labor
receipt for a loan / written confirmation of a debt / IOU
to repay debts of gratitude / to repay kindness
to be in debt / to be saddled with debts
liabilities / debt
to evade (repayment of debts)
to share profits (or debt)
to repay a debt in kind or by labor
to owe a debt / the sum owed
triangular debt
ensure that you pay debts of gratitude (idiom)
(law) judgement defaulter (person who has failed to fulfill obligations set forth in a written court judgement, such as paying compensation to sb, despite having the means to do so) / debt dodger
to demand payment of a debt; to collect a debt
receipt for a loan / written confirmation of a debt / IOU
unrecoverable debt / bad debt / to evade debt
to repay; to pay off a debt
lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge
debt as heavy as a mountain on a turtle's back
dead loan / bad debts / to refuse to pay loan
lit. love debt / fig. moral obligation in consequence of a love affair / karmic consequences of a love affair
to avoid going home for the Chinese New Year (for any of various reasons: because one finds the festivities onerous in some way, or because it would be seen as inauspicious for one to attend, or, in former times, to avoid creditors, since it was the custom to have debts settled before New Year's Day, and once into the New Year, debtors got a reprieve)
debt instrument
to disobey one's benefactor / to violate debts of gratitude / to repay good with evil
A debt of blood must be paid in blood. / Blood calls for blood.
debts of blood crying out for retribution
(fig.) to use sex to pay off (a debt)
A debt of blood must be paid in blood. / Blood calls for blood.
a debt of blood must be paid in blood; blood calls for blood / also pr. [xue4 zhai4 xie3 chang2]
to default on a debt
debt nurtures more debt (idiom)
lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge
debt of blood (after killing sb)
to demand repayment / to collect debt
an old debt; a longstanding debt
debt-ridden / heavily laden with debt
long-standing debt
rent and debt


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