高利贷 (高利貸)
gāo lì dài
Pinyin

Definition

高利贷 (高利貸)
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gāo lì dài
  1. loan shark
  2. high-interest loan
  3. usury

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

利用
lì yòng
  1. 1 to exploit
  2. 2 to make use of
  3. 3 to use
  4. 4 to take advantage of
  5. 5 to utilize
胜利
shèng lì
  1. 1 victory
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
大吉大利
dà jí dà lì
  1. 1 great luck, great profit (idiom); everything is thriving
战利品
zhàn lì pǐn
  1. 1 spoils of war
提高
tí gāo
  1. 1 to raise
  2. 2 to increase
  3. 3 to improve

Idioms (20)

一本万利
yī běn wàn lì
  1. 1 small capital, huge profit (idiom); to put in a little and get a lot out
一见高低
yī jiàn gāo dī
  1. 1 lit. to fight it out with sb to see who is best (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to cross swords with
  3. 3 to lock horns
不识高低
bù shí gāo dī
  1. 1 can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what
事不关己，高高挂起
shì bù guān jǐ , gāo gāo guà qǐ
  1. 1 to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
人往高处走，水往低处流
rén wǎng gāo chù zǒu , shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú
  1. 1 man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
  2. 2 one should constantly strive to make progress

Sample Sentences

被你说得好像跟高利贷借钱一样。我不也是为我们俩着想吗？你老说想去欧洲旅行，有了信用卡，我们今年就能去。一般银行都有二十多天的还款期限，不收利息的。
bèi nǐ shuō de hǎoxiàng gēn gāolìdài jièqián yīyàng 。wǒ bù yě shì wèi wǒmen liǎ zhuóxiǎng ma ？nǐ lǎo shuō xiǎng qù Ōuzhōu lǚxíng ，yǒu le xìnyòngkǎ ，wǒmen jīnnián jiù néng qù 。yībān yínháng dōu yǒu èrshí duō tiān de huánkuǎn qīxiàn ，bù shōu lìxī de 。
You make it sound like loansharking. Aren't I just thinking of the two of us? You're always saying you'd like to go traveling in Europe. If we get a credit card, we can go this year. Banks generally give you twenty-some days to pay back the money without charging you interest.
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