借债 (jiè zhài) — to borrow money, to incur debt

Definition

借债 is a separable verb meaning 'to borrow money' / 'to take on debt', used for both personal and business borrowing. The first half 借 is the borrowing action; 债 is the noun 'debt'.

verb

to borrow moneyto incur debt

Examples

借债。
Tā bù xiǎng jiè zhài.
He doesn't want to borrow money.
。
Tā jiè le yì bǐ zhài lái fù xué fèi.
He borrowed a sum of money to pay tuition.
，借债。
Wèi le kuò dà shēng yì, tā zhǐ hǎo zài cì jiè zhài.
To expand his business, he had to borrow money again.

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