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老账

lǎo zhàng

2-character word Traditional 老賬

What 老账 means

1. lit. old account
2. old debt
3. fig. old scores to settle
4. old quarrels
5. old grudge

The characters in 老账

• 老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of…
• 账zhàngaccount; bill; debt

Words containing 老账

• 翻老账fān lǎo zhàngto turn over old accounts; fig. to revive old quarrels; to reopen old wounds

Sounds the same

Read lǎo zhàng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 老丈sir (respectful form of address for an old man)

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