债台高筑 — Chinese idiom

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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