开支 (開支)
kāi zhī
Pinyin

Definition

开支 (開支)
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kāi zhī
  1. expenditures
  2. expenses
  3. CL:筆|笔[bǐ], 項|项[xiàng]
  4. to spend money
  5. (coll.) to pay wages

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

支持
zhī chí
  1. 1 to be in favor of
  2. 2 to support
  3. 3 to back
  4. 4 support
  5. 5 backing
  6. 6 to stand by
  7. 7 classifier: 个 gè
支
Zhī
  1. 1 surname Zhi
支付
zhī fù
  1. 1 to pay (money)
支出
zhī chū
  1. 1 to spend
  2. 2 to pay out
  3. 3 expense
支援
zhī yuán
  1. 1 to provide assistance
  2. 2 to support
  3. 3 to back

Idioms (4)

一木难支
yī mù nán zhī
  1. 1 lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one is helpless alone
支吾其词
zhī wú qí cí
  1. 1 (idiom) to talk in a roundabout way to cover up the truth
  2. 2 evasive
支离破碎
zhī lí pò suì
  1. 1 scattered and smashed (idiom)
乐不可支
lè bù kě zhī
  1. 1 overjoyed (idiom); as pleased as punch

Sample Sentences

你这人看新闻只看标题啊？借钱是有附带条件的，要减少政府开支，还有加重税赋。
nǐ zhè rén kàn xīnwén zhī kàn biāotí ā ？jièqián shì yǒu fùdài tiáojiàn de ，yào jiǎnshǎo zhèngfǔ kāizhī ，háiyǒu jiāzhòng shuìfù 。
You only ever read the headline, eh? There are conditions to the loan. They have to reduce government spending and raise taxes.
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可是这要求合理啊，不就是因为政府假造财政数字，掩饰负债，才造成现在的情况吗？负债的人要还债，本来就应该撙节开支。
kěshì zhè yāoqiú hélǐ ā ，bù jiùshì yīnwèi zhèngfǔ jiǎzào cáizhèng shùzì ，yǎnshì fùzhài ，cái zàochéng xiàn zài de qíngkuàng ma ？fùzhài de rén yào huán zhài ，běnlái jiù yīnggāi zǔnjié kāizhī 。
But these requests are reasonable. Isn't it just because the government were faking their numbers and hiding their debts, that this state of affairs came about in the first place? People should honor their debts, so of course they need to be more austere with their expenditure.
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没有资源的原因是政府乱用钱。看看那么高的国防开支就知道了。
méiyǒu zīyuán de yuányīn shì zhèngfǔ luàn yòngqián 。kànkan nàme gāo de guófáng kāizhī jiù zhīdào le 。
The reason it doesn't have the resources is that the government wastes money. Just take a look at the national defense budget.
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不是说好不申请了吗？家里收入、开支都挺稳定的，根本用不到。
bù shì shuōhǎo bù shēnqǐng le ma ？jiālǐ shōurù 、kāizhī dōu tǐng wěndìng de ，gēnběn yòngbudào 。
Didn't we already agree not to get one? Our household income and expenses are all quite stable. We have no use for it.
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嗯，嗯，我对公司的财务状况基本熟悉了。但是我觉得公司的开支太高了。而且很多账目不清，这样报税的时候可能会有问题。
ng4 ，ng4 ，wǒ duì gōngsī de cáiwù zhuàngkuàng jīběn shúxī le 。dànshì wǒ juéde gōngsī de kāizhī tài gāo le 。érqiě hěn duō zhàngmù bù qīng ，zhèyàng bàoshuì de shíhou kěnéng huì yǒu wèntí 。
I'm pretty familiar with the company's financial situation. But I think the company's expenses are too high. And a lot of their accounts aren't that clear. There might be some problems when we file our taxes.
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今年公司预算的重点是削减开支。你们销售部是花钱大户，有什么计划？
jīnnián gōngsī yùsuàn de zhòngdiǎn shì xuējiǎn kāizhī 。nǐmen xiāoshòu bù shì huāqián dàhù ，yǒu shénme jìhuà ？
The main focus of our budget this year is reducing expenditures. You guys in sales are the big spenders. What's your plan?
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