欠债 (qiàn zhài) — to owe a debt
Definition
欠债 means to owe money — a fixed verb-object phrase where 欠 ('owe') takes 债 ('debt') as its object. Use 借 when borrowing (the act), 欠债 when you already owe.
verb
to owe a debt
Examples
- ，欠债。Tā zuò shēng yi shī bài hòu, qiàn zhài hěn duō.After his business failed, he owed a lot of debts.
- ，。Wèi le mǎi fáng, tā jiā qiàn le yín háng yì bǐ zhài.To buy the house, his family owed the bank a sum of debt.
- ？Nǐ qiàn guò zhài ma?Have you ever owed a debt?
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