Chinese–English

透支

tòu zhī · tou zhi

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 7–9

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. (banking) to overdraw
  2. to take out an overdraft
  3. an overdraft
  4. to overspend (i.e. expenditure in excess of revenue)
  5. (old) to draw one's wage in advance
  6. (fig.) to exhaust (one's enthusiasm, energy etc)
  7. to damage a natural resource through overuse
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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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