债务 債務 zhài wù debt / liability / amount due / indebtedness syn 缓解 緩解 huǎn jiě to bring relief / to alleviate (a crisis) / to dull (a pain) syn 救济 救濟 jiù jì emergency relief / to help the needy with cash or goods syn 缠身 纏身 chán shēn (of an illness, debt etc) to plague one / to bog one down / to preoccupy one syn 还债 還債 huán zhài to settle a debt syn 血债 血債 xuè zhài debt of blood (after killing sb) syn 欠债 欠債 qiàn zhài to owe a debt / the sum owed syn 免除 miǎn chú to prevent / to avoid / to excuse / to exempt / to relieve / (of a debt) to remit syn 饥荒 饑荒 jī huāng crop failure / famine / debt / difficulty syn 欠款 qiàn kuǎn to owe a debt / balance due / debts 负债 負債 fù zhài to be in debt / to incur debts / liability (finance) syn 抚恤金 撫恤金 fǔ xù jīn compensation payment (for injury) / relief payment syn 窟窿 kū long hole / pocket / cavity / loophole / debt syn 旧账 舊賬 jiù zhàng lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge 地势 地勢 dì shì terrain / topography relief syn 赖账 賴賬 lài zhàng to renege on a debt syn 亏空 虧空 kuī kōng in debt / in the red / in deficit syn 浮雕 fú diāo relief sculpture 清偿 清償 qīng cháng to repay a debt in full / to redeem / to clear syn 欠账 欠賬 qiàn zhàng to owe a debt / debt / obligation syn 债台高筑 債臺高築 zhài tái gāo zhù lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom) / heavily in debt syn 抵债 抵債 dǐ zhài to repay a debt in kind or by labor syn 恩仇 ēn chóu debt of gratitude coupled with duty to avenge syn 白条 白條 bái tiáo IOU / informal document acknowledging a debt 国债 國債 guó zhài national debt / government debt 报恩 報恩 bào ēn to pay a debt of gratitude / to repay a kindness syn 偿债 償債 cháng zhài to repay a debt 外债 外債 wài zhài foreign debt 周济 周濟 zhōu jì help to the needy / emergency relief / charity / to give to poorer relative / (also 賙濟|赒济) syn 坏账 壞賬 huài zhàng bad debt syn 展期 zhǎn qī to extend the period / to reschedule (a debt) 呆帐 呆帳 dāi zhàng bad debt 呆账 呆賬 dāi zhàng bad debt 聊以自慰 liáo yǐ zì wèi to find some consolation (idiom) / to find relief in syn 凸版 tū bǎn relief printing plate 下发 下發 xià fā to issue (a memorandum etc) to lower levels / to distribute (e.g. disaster relief to victims) syn 深陷 shēn xiàn to be deeply in (trouble, debt etc) / deep set (eyes) syn 还清 還清 huán qīng to pay back in full / to redeem a debt 可转债 可轉債 kě zhuǎn zhài convertible debt / convertible bond 赈灾 賑災 zhèn zāi disaster relief 代偿 代償 dài cháng (medical) compensation / to repay a debt or obligation in place of sb else 捐物 juān wù to donate goods (to a relief effort) / to contribute material 老赖 老賴 lǎo lài (coll.) debt dodger 赈济 賑濟 zhèn jì to give relief aid syn 救灾款 救災款 jiù zāi kuǎn disaster relief funds 债 債 zhài debt / CL:筆|笔[bi3] syn 账 賬 zhàng account / bill / debt / CL:本[ben3],筆|笔[bi3] syn 负债累累 負債累累 fù zhài lěi lěi deep in debt syn 债款 債款 zhài kuǎn debt 认账 認賬 rèn zhàng to own up to a fault / to admit the truth / to acknowledge a debt syn 催讨 催討 cuī tǎo to demand repayment of debt syn 赈 賑 zhèn to provide relief / to aid syn 三角债 三角債 sān jiǎo zhài triangular debt 人情债 人情債 rén qíng zhài debt of gratitude 偿清 償清 cháng qīng to repay / to pay off a debt syn 浅浮雕 淺浮雕 qiǎn fú diāo bas-relief 要账 要賬 yào zhàng to demand repayment / to collect debt 老账 老賬 lǎo zhàng lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge 抵账 抵賬 dǐ zhàng to repay a debt in kind or by labor syn 救济粮 救濟糧 jiù jì liáng relief grain / emergency provisions 救济品 jiù jì pǐn emergency goods / relief goods 虱多不痒 蝨多不癢 shī duō bù yǎng many fleas, but unconcerned (idiom) / no point in worrying about one debt when one has so many others / Troubles never come singly. / It never rains but it pours. 安富恤穷 安富恤窮 ān fù xù qióng to give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor (idiom) 安富恤贫 安富恤貧 ān fù xù pín to give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor (idiom) 倒账 倒賬 dǎo zhàng unrecoverable debt / bad debt / to evade debt 债换环保 債換環保 zhài huàn huán bǎo debt for environmental protection swap / debt for environment swap / debt for nature swap 以债养债 以債養債 yǐ zhài yǎng zhài debt nurtures more debt (idiom) 赤字累累 chì zì lěi lěi debt-ridden / heavily laden with debt 债务管理 zhài wù guǎn lǐ debt administration / debt management 生态负债 生態負債 shēng tài fù zhài ecological debt / environmental debt 减少债额和偿债额 減少債額和償債額 debt and debt-service reduction 催收 cuī shōu to urge sb to provide sth / (esp.) to press (for payment of a debt) / debt collection 多边减债动议 duō bian jiǎn zhài dòng yì Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative 为儿童免债倡议 為兒童免債倡議 debt-relief-for-children initiative 挪威减免债务战略 挪威減免債務戰略 Norwegian Debt Relief Strategy 减免债务以助儿童生存 減免債務以助兒童生存 debt relief for child survival 烘染 hōng rǎn relief shading (in a picture) / fig. to throw into relief 纾困 紓困 shū kùn to provide financial relief / to bail out (financially) / financial relief / bailout 司长兼紧急救济协调员特别顾问 司長兼緊急救濟協調員特別顧問 Director and Special Adviser to the Emergency Relief Coordinator for Internally Displaced Persons / Director and Special Adviser to the Emergency Relief Coordinator 联合国工作人员秘鲁地震灾民救济委员会 聯合國工作人員秘魯地震災民救濟委員會 United Nations Staff Relief Committee for the Victims of the Earthquake in Peru / United Nations Staff Relief Committee for Peru 联合国工作人员秘鲁救济委员会 聯合國工作人員秘魯救濟委員會 United Nations Staff Relief Committee for the Victims of the Earthquake in Peru / United Nations Staff Relief Committee for Peru 背债 揹債 bēi zhài to be in debt / to be saddled with debts syn 负债纍纍 負債纍纍 fù zhài lěi lěi heavily in debt 以身抵债 以身抵債 yǐ shēn dǐ zhài forced labor to repay a debt 借单 借單 jiè dān receipt for a loan / written confirmation of a debt / IOU 借单儿 借單兒 jiè dān r receipt for a loan / written confirmation of a debt / IOU 债务担保证券 債務擔保證券 zhài wù dān bǎo zhèng quàn collateralized debt obligation (CDO), type of bond 债务证券 債務證券 zhài wù zhèng quàn debt security / bond security 债务证书 債務證書 zhài wù zhèng shū debt instrument 宿债 宿債 sù zhài long-standing debt syn 尾欠 wěi qiàn balance due / small balance still to pay / final remaining debt syn 打兑 打兌 dǎ duì to arrange (colloquial) / to transfer creditor's rights (in a debt case) 拖债 拖債 tuō zhài to default on a debt 欠项 欠項 qiàn xiàng liabilities / debt 烂账 爛賬 làn zhàng disorganized accounts / uncollectable debts / bad debt 租债 租債 zū zhài rent and debt 血债血偿 血債血償 xuè zhài xuè cháng a debt of blood must be paid in blood / blood calls for blood / also pr. [xue4 zhai4 xie3 chang2] 血债要用血来偿 血債要用血來償 xuè zhài yào yòng xuè lái cháng A debt of blood must be paid in blood. / Blood calls for blood. 血债要用血来还 血債要用血來還 xuè zhài yào yòng xuè lái huán A debt of blood must be paid in blood. / Blood calls for blood. 