incur debt; owe money
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to incur debt; to get into debt; to owe money
informalInformal, often used to describe getting into a state of debt.
Wèi为
le了
mǎi买
fáng房
，
tā他
lā拉
le了
yī一
pì屁
gu股
zhàng账
。
In order to buy a house, he got into a heap of debt.
Tā他
shēng生
yì意
shī失
bài败
，
lā拉
le了
bù不
shǎo少
zhàng账
。
His business failed and he incurred quite a lot of debt.
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Bié别
zǒng总
xiǎng想
jiè借
qián钱
lā拉
zhàng账
guò过
rì日
zi子
。
Don't always think about living by borrowing money and getting into debt.