討賬
Chinese
ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand; to marry |
account | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (討賬) | 討 | 賬 | |
| simp. (讨账) | 讨 | 账 | |
| variant forms | 討帳／讨帐 | ||
Pronunciation
Verb
討賬
- to demand the payment of one's debt; to demand repayment
- 他們鍋裡有米煮，沒有人半夜裡敲門來討賬。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 毛澤東選集 (1991). English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Tāmen guō lǐ yǒu mǐ zhǔ, méiyǒu rén bànyè lǐ qiāomén lái tǎozhàng. [Pinyin]
- They have rice cooking in their pots and no creditors knocking on their doors at midnight.
他们锅里有米煮，没有人半夜里敲门来讨账。 [MSC, simp.]
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