债台高筑 — Chinese idiom
债台高筑
zhài tái gāo zhù
Traditional: 債臺高築
Meaning
- lit. build a high desk of debt ; heavily in debt
Character by character
- 债zhàidebt, loan, liability
- 台táiplatform; unit; term of address
- 高gāotall, lofty; high, elevated
- 筑zhùbuilding; a five-string lute
Idioms sharing a character
- 以债养债 yǐ zhài yǎng zhài
- 债多不愁 zhài duō bù chóu
- 唱对台戏 chàng duì tái xì
- 走马章台 zǒu mǎ zhāng tái
- 近水楼台 jìn shuǐ lóu tái
- 一见高低 yī jiàn gāo dī
- 不识高低 bù shí gāo dī
- 功高不赏 gōng gāo bù shǎng
- 功高望重 gōng gāo wàng zhòng
- 功高盖主 gōng gāo gài zhǔ
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