老賴
lǎo​lài

debt dodger

  • created sense approved 老赖/老賴 · lǎo​lài · debt dodger — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    老赖 / 老賴

    lǎo​lài

    debt dodger

    (colloquial) a person who refuses to pay back a debt despite having the means to do so; a deadbeat

    老 (literal) → 老 · lǎo · [familiarity prefix] 赖 (literal) → 赖/賴 · lài · to deny

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

    created sense