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Chinese
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debt
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(measure word); platform; stage (measure word); platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; desk; station; broadcasting station |
high; tall
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build; five-string lute
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| trad. (債臺高築/債台高築)
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債
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臺/台
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高
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築
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| simp. (债台高筑)
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债
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台
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高
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筑
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Etymology
From the legend of King Nan of Zhou, the last king of Zhou dynasty, who hid himself on a platform in the palace to avoid people demanding him to pay back the debt for wars, as quoted in the Book of Han:
Pronunciation
Idiom
債臺高築
- be up to one's eyeballs in debt; racked with debt