负翁

負翁
fùwēng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 debt-laden person (humorous)
  2. 2 'negative rich man' — someone deep in debt

Examples

Fángdài chēdài yī bēi, wǒ jiù chéng le fùwēng.
With a mortgage and car loan on my back, I've become a 'negative rich man'.
Niánqīngrén chāoqián xiāofèi, hěn duō dōu shì biǎomiàn guāngxiān de fùwēng.
Lots of young people spend beyond their means and look flashy on the outside while actually being deep in debt.

Tips

memory
负翁 is a pun on 富翁 (fùwēng, 'wealthy man') — swap (rich) for (negative, owing) and you get the opposite: someone who looks rich but has a negative net worth. Same pinyin, opposite meaning.

Stroke Order

wēng