债台高筑 in English zhai4 tai2 gao1 zhu4 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) build a high desk of debt (idiomatic expression); heavily in debt

Simplified Characters

债 台 高 筑

Traditional Characters

債 臺 高 築

Pinyin

zhai4 tai2 gao1 zhu4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

债zhai4debt 台tai2Taiwan (abbr.) 高gao1surname Gao 筑zhu4short name for Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[Gui4 yang2]