tián​kū​long

to pay off a debt

  • created sense approved 填窟窿 · tián​kū​long · to pay off a debt — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    填窟窿

    tián​kū​long

    to pay off a debt

    (colloquial) to make up for a financial deficit or pay off a debt; literally 'to fill a hole'

    填, 窟窿

    填 (literal) → 填 · tián · to fill in 窟窿 (literal) → 窟窿 · kū​long · debt

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense