负债累累

負債累累

fùzhài-lěilěi

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Meanings

他因为赌博而负债累累。

Tā yīnwèi dǔbó ér fùzhàilěilěi.

He is deeply in debt because of gambling.

公司经营不善，导致负债累累。

Gōngsī jīngyíng bùshàn, dǎozhì fùzhàilěilěi.

Poor management led the company to be buried in debt.

她努力工作，终于摆脱了负债累累的困境。

Tā nǔlì gōngzuò, zhōngyú bǎituō le fùzhàilěilěi de kùnjìng.

She worked hard and finally escaped the predicament of being deeply in debt.

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).

负 fù

债 zhài

累 lèi