以债养债 — Chinese idiom
以债养债
yǐ zhài yǎng zhài
Traditional: 以債養債
Meaning
- debt nurtures more debt
Character by character
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 债zhàidebt, loan, liability
- 养yǎngto raise, to rear, to bring up; to support
- 债zhàidebt, loan, liability
Idioms sharing a character
- 一以贯之 yī yǐ guàn zhī
- 不以为然 bù yǐ wéi rán
- 不知所以 bù zhī suǒ yǐ
- 以一驭万 yǐ yī yù wàn
- 以假乱真 yǐ jiǎ luàn zhēn
- 以儆效尤 yǐ jǐng xiào yóu
- 以卵击石 yǐ luǎn jī shí
- 以史为鉴 yǐ shǐ wéi jiàn
- 以夷制夷 yǐ yí zhì yí
- 以少胜多 yǐ shǎo shèng duō
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