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翻老账

fān lǎo zhàng

3-character word Traditional 翻老賬

What 翻老账 means

1. to turn over old accounts
2. fig. to revive old quarrels
3. to reopen old wounds

The characters in 翻老账

• 翻fānto turn over; to flip over; to overturn
• 老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of…
• 账zhàngaccount; bill; debt

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