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透支

tòu zhī

2-character word

What 透支 means

1. (banking) to overdraw
2. to take out an overdraft
3. an overdraft
4. to overspend (i.e. expenditure in excess of revenue)
5. oldto draw one's wage in advance
6. (fig.) to exhaust (one's enthusiasm, energy etc)
7. to damage a natural resource through overuse

The characters in 透支

• 透tòu(bound form) to penetrate; to seep through; to tell secretly; to leak; thoroughly…
• 支zhīto support; to sustain; to erect