债台高筑
Traditional form:
債臺高築
Pinyin (reading):
zhàitáigāozhù
Definitions:
- lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt
Characters:
- 债 - debt, loan, liability
- 台 - platform; unit; term of address
- 高 - tall, lofty; high, elevated
- 筑 - building; a five-string lute
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