赊账 (shē zhàng) — to buy or sell on credit; to have an outstanding account
Definition
A separable verb meaning 'to buy (or sell) on credit — pay later.' 赊 is the verb, 账 the object, so it splits as 赊…账 (e.g. 赊了一台电脑).
verb
to buy or sell on creditto have an outstanding account
Examples
- 赊账。Zhè jiā diàn kě yǐ shē zhàng.This store allows buying on credit.
- 。Tā shē le sān gè yuè de zhàng.He has had an outstanding account for three months.
- 赊账。Wǒ men shē zhàng mǎi le nà tái diàn nǎo.We bought that computer on credit.
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