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  *欠* | 欠* | *欠
to owe / to lack / (literary) to be deficient in / (bound form) yawn / to raise slightly (a part of one's body)
HSK 5
to be deficient in / lapse / deficiency
HSK 7-9
in arrears / behind in payments / to default on one's debts
HSK 7-9
IOU / certificate of indebtedness
HSK 7-9
to have a deficit; to be in the red / to owe
to yawn
to owe a debt / the sum owed
ill (euphemism)
suboptimal / subpar / not good enough
to owe a debt / debt / obligation
(coll.) prone to touch things one should keep one's hands off of
improper / inappropriate / unsatisfactory / inadequate
to offer credit / credit transaction / to buy or sell on account
yawn
to yawn
to owe wages / back pay / wages arrears
to fall short in one's payments / to lack / to be short of
(coll.) to deserve a slap in the face
to half rise out of one's chair (a polite gesture)
balance due / small balance still to pay / final remaining debt
to need a spanking
annoying / infuriating / deserving of a good spanking
to be even / to be quits / to be even-steven
lit. everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiom) / fig. lacking only one tiny crucial item
to be in arrears / to be out of credit / amount owing
all we need is an east wind (idiom); lacking only one tiny crucial item
yawn
(coll.) unable to control one's tongue / prone to say sth nasty
to owe a debt / balance due / debts
liabilities / debt
everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiom) / lacking only one tiny crucial item / also written 萬事俱備只欠東風|万事俱备只欠东风


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