老账 in English lao3 zhang4 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) old account
  • old debt
  • metaphorically old scores to settle
  • old quarrels
  • old grudge

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Pinyin

lao3 zhang4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

lao3prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity zhang4account