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Chinese dictionary
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  • 1

    v.suffer a financial loss

    • péi qián mǎi mai

      赔钱买卖

      losing-money business

    • shì wù suǒ yī zhí zài péi qián yǐ jīng méi qián zài jì xù zū xiě zì lóu le

      事务所一直赔钱已经继续写字楼

      His firm was losing money and had lost its office lease.

    • tā men hěn qīng chu gōng sī zài péi qián

      他们清楚公司赔钱

      They were well aware that the company was losing money.

  • 2

    v.compensate

    • péi qián lái miǎn shòu chéng fá

      赔钱惩罚

      pay money to get away with punishment

    • zhòng suǒ zhōu zhī sǔn huài gōng wù yào péi qián

      众所周知损坏公物赔钱

      As we all know, you have to pay for damage to public property.

    • rú guǒ jiàn zi cóng zhè lǐ fēi xià lai péi qián bǐ qǔ huí tā gèng míng zhì

      如果毽子这里下来赔钱取回明智

      If the shuttlecock fly down from this, it's more wiser to compensate than get it back.

Word usage

  • "赔" and "钱" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
    • 做生意

      He lost 10,000 yuan in business.

    • 我们他们多少

      How much do we owe them?

    • 我们多少

      How much did he pay us?