负债累累

負債累累
fùzhàilěilěi
idiom #24,790

Meanings

  1. 1 deeply in debt
  2. 2 buried under a pile of debts
  3. 3 heavily indebted

Examples

Tā yīnwèi dǔbó ér fùzhài lěilěi.
He is deeply in debt because of gambling.
Gōngsī jīngyíng bùshàn, dǎozhì fùzhài lěilěi.
Poor management led the company to be buried in debt.
Tā nǔlì gōngzuò, zhōngyú bǎituō le fùzhài lěilěi de kùnjìng.
She worked hard and finally escaped the predicament of being deeply in debt.

Tips

memory
累累 (lěilěi) means 'heaped up, one upon another'. Imagine debts piling up like a mountain — 负债 (owing debts) + 累累 (stacking up endlessly).

Stroke Order

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lèi