赤字累累 chìzìlěilěi debt-ridden Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 赤字 chìzì deficit financial deficit; a shortfall in revenue compared to spending (so called from the bookkeeping practice of recording such figures in red ink)累 lěi reduplication to accumulate (bound form) to pile up; to accumulate; to build up