自掏腰包
zì​tāo​yāo​bāo

to pay out of pocket

  • created sense approved 自掏腰包 · zì​tāo​yāo​bāo · to pay out of pocket — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    自掏腰包

    zì​tāo​yāo​bāo

    to pay out of pocket

    to pay for something using one's own money; to dig into one's own pocket

    自, 掏, 腰包

    自 (literal) → 自 · zì · self 掏腰包 (literal) → 掏腰包 · tāo​yāo​bāo · to pay out of one's own pocket

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

    created sense