欠债 (欠債)
qiàn zhài
Pinyin

Definition

欠债 (欠債)
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qiàn zhài
  1. to owe a debt
  2. the sum owed

Character Decomposition

Related Words (19)

qiàn
  1. 1 deficient
  2. 2 to owe
  3. 3 to lack
  4. 4 yawn
hā qian
  1. 1 yawn
tuō qiàn
  1. 1 in arrears
  2. 2 behind in payments
  3. 3 to default on one's debts
qiàn jiā
  1. 1 suboptimal
  2. 2 subpar
  3. 3 not good enough
qiàn zòu
  1. 1 to need a spanking

Idioms (3)

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

Sample Sentences

4.欠债还钱,天经地义,由不得你抵赖。
.qiànzhài huán qián ,tiānjīngdìyì ,yóubude nǐ dǐlài 。
Repaying your debt is only right and proper.
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我们去年积累下来的欠债到底有多少?
wǒmen qùnián jīlěi xiàlai de qiànzhài dàodǐ yǒu duōshao ?
How much debt did we accumulate last year?
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