Debt in Chinese: 债 (zhài)

zhài

debt

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 1 example sentence

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zhài

/ zh/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

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  • 他欠下了一大笔债。

    tā qiàn xià le yí dà bǐ zhài。

    He ran up a large debt.

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