Zhàiwù xiàng yī gēn jiǎosuǒ yīyàng lè jǐn le zhège jiātíng.
Debt tightened around this family like a noose.
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usage
Almost always used in the literal hanging-execution sense or as a strong figurative image of something tightening fatally — debt, sanctions, oppression. For everyday rope use 绳子 (shéngzi).
