欠债 (qiàn zhài) — to owe a debt

Definição

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

Exemplos

  • 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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