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债台高筑zhài tái gāo zhù战国时代周赧(nǎn)王欠了债,无法偿还,被债主逼得逃到一座宫殿的高台上。后人称此台为‘逃债之台’(见于《汉书·诸侯王表序》及颜师古引服虔注)。后来就用‘债台高筑’形容欠债极多。{be heavily in debt; be up to one's ears (or neck) in debt; be saddled with huge debts; be debt-ridden. According to History of Han·Preface。to Biographies of Princes and Vassals, during the Warring States Period, King Nan of the Zhou Dynasty was unable to meet his debts and was cornered by creditors on a high deck in his palace. ‘Deck of the Dodging Debtor’thus came to mean ‘heavily in debt’.} |