旧账 (舊賬)
jiù zhàng
Pinyin

Definition

旧账 (舊賬)
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jiù zhàng
  1. lit. old account
  2. old debt
  3. fig. old scores to settle
  4. old quarrels
  5. old grudge

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

yī jiù
  1. 1 as before
  2. 2 still
huái jiù
  1. 1 to feel nostalgic
  2. 2 nostalgia
jiù
  1. 1 old
  2. 2 opposite: new 新
  3. 3 former
  4. 4 worn (with age)
zhàng dān
  1. 1 bill
zhàng hào
  1. 1 account
  2. 2 username

Idioms (20)

不念旧恶
bù niàn jiù è
  1. 1 do not recall old grievances (idiom, from Analects); forgive and forget
喜新厌旧
xǐ xīn yàn jiù
  1. 1 lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old
因循守旧
yīn xún shǒu jiù
  1. 1 (idiom) to continue in the same old rut
  2. 2 diehard conservative attitudes
新愁旧恨
xīn chóu jiù hèn
  1. 1 new worries added to old hatred (idiom); afflicted by problems old and new
新瓶旧酒
xīn píng jiù jiǔ
  1. 1 old wine in a new bottle (idiom)