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旧账 (jiù zhàng): Old debt (noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

旧账 consists of 2 characters.

旧 • jiù • old; former • HSK 2.0 L3

HSK 3

jiù旧

old; former

账 • zhàng • account; debt; bill

zhàng账

account; debt; bill

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Pinyinjiù zhàng

Meaningold debt; old score; past grievance

Characters2

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Syntaxnoun

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More common words that include characters from 旧账.

Words with 旧

仍旧réng jiùremain the same; continue to be; as before
依旧yī jiùas before; still
陈旧chén jiùoutmoded; obsolete;old-fashioned
怀旧huái jiùFeel nostalgic / Yearn for the past
破旧pò jiùdilapidated / old / run-down
个旧gè jiùGejiu (city in Yunnan)
叙旧xù jiùreminisce, chat about old times
守旧shǒu jiùconservative; old-fashioned

Words with 账

结账jié zhàngto pay the bill
账号zhàng hàoaccount
账户zhàng hù(bank) account
账单zhàng dānbill
算账

suàn zhàng

settle accounts / hold accountable

付账fù zhàngpay the bill

混账hùn zhàngscoundrel; damned; outrageous

账本zhàng běnaccount book, ledger

3.

Example Sentences with 旧账

tā他

hái还

zài在

fān翻

jiù旧

zhàng账

。

He is still bringing up old scores.

gōng公

sī司

jué决

dìng定

bù不

zài再

zhuī追

jiū究

jiù旧

zhàng

tā他

men们

zhī之

jiān间

de的

jiù旧

zhàng账

hěn很

nán难

账

。

The company decided not to pursue old debts anymore.

suàn

算

qīng清

。

The old scores between them are hard to settle.