拖欠
tuō qiàn
Pinyin

Definition

拖欠
 - 
tuō qiàn
  1. in arrears
  2. behind in payments
  3. to default on one's debts

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

拖
tuō
  1. 1 variant: 拖 tuō
拖鞋
tuō xié
  1. 1 slippers
  2. 2 sandals
  3. 3 flip-flops
  4. 4 classifier: 双 shuāng
  5. 5 classifier: 只 zhī
欠
qiàn
  1. 1 deficient
  2. 2 to owe
  3. 3 to lack
  4. 4 yawn
哈欠
hā qian
  1. 1 yawn
拍拖
pāi tuō
  1. 1 (dialect) to date sb

Idioms (4)

只欠东风
zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng
  1. 1 all we need is an east wind (idiom); lacking only one tiny crucial item
万事俱备，只欠东风
wàn shì jù bèi , zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng
  1. 1 lit. everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. lacking only one tiny crucial item
万事皆备，只欠东风
wàn shì jiē bèi , zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng
  1. 1 everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiom)
  2. 2 lacking only one tiny crucial item
  3. 3 also written 萬事俱備，只欠東風|万事俱备，只欠东风
连拖带拉
lián tuō dài lā
  1. 1 pushing and pulling (idiom)

Sample Sentences

现在公司财务状况非常不好，已经连续亏损八个月了。目前公司账上一分钱也没有。还拖欠了员工三个月的工资。没钱买原料，公司已经快停产了。
xiànzài gōngsī cáiwù zhuàngkuàng fēicháng bù hǎo ，yǐjīng liánxù kuīsǔn bā ge yuè le 。mùqián gōngsī zhàng shàng yī fēn qián yě méiyǒu 。hái tuōqiàn le yuángōng sān ge yuè de gōngzī 。méi qián mǎi yuánliào ，gōngsī yǐjīng kuài tíngchǎn le 。
The financial situation at the company right now is terrible. We've been running a deficit for 8 straight months now. At present, there isn't a single yuan in our account. We also owe the workers 3 months of wages. We've got no money to buy any raw materials. The company is already about to stop production.
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