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债台高筑

zhài tái gāo zhù

4-character word Traditional 債臺高築

What 债台高筑 means

1. lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt

The characters in 债台高筑

• 债zhàidebt
• 台tái(classical) you (in letters); variant of 台
• 高gāohigh; tall; above average
• 筑zhùfive-string lute; Taiwan pr. zhú

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