要账 (yāo) — to demand repayment, to collect a debt

Definición

要账 is a separable verb meaning 'to collect a debt / demand repayment' — the 账 can be separated and shifted, as in 要了三次账. The first example uses it as a noun phrase (the job of debt collection).

verb
to demand repaymentto collect a debt

Ejemplos

  • 要账
    Tā zài gōng sī lǐ zhǔ yào fù zé yāo.
    He is mainly responsible for collecting debts at the company.
  • Tā shàng ge yuè yào le sān cì zhàng, dōu méi chéng gōng.
    He demanded repayment three times last month, but none succeeded.
  • Zhè zhǒng lài zhàng de kè hù, yào zhàng hěn nán.
    For customers who default like this, collecting debts is very difficult.

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