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掏腰包

tāo yāo bāo

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 3-character word

掏腰包 (tāo yāo bāo) means "to dip into one's pocket; to pay out of pocket; to foot the bill". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 掏腰包 means

1. to dip into one's pocket; to pay out of pocket; to foot the bill

The characters in 掏腰包

• 掏tāoto fish out (from pocket); to scoop
• 腰yāothe waist and lower back; (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food)…
• 包bāoto cover; to wrap; to hold

Words containing 掏腰包

• 自掏腰包zì tāo yāo bāoto pay out of one's own pocket; to dig into one's pocket

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