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塌窟窿

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Collocation

1
经营不善,就会塌窟窿
2
东挪西借塌窟窿
3
家里塌窟窿
4
塌下大窟窿
5
塌了窟窿
6
房子塌窟窿

Definition

塌窟窿

Literally means:

cave in

Actually means:

run into debt

塌 means caving in; 窟窿 refers to a hole.

This phrase means caving into a hole. It also refers to running into debt. Derogatory.

塌,凹陷。窟窿,孔洞。

塌窟窿,形成了一个洞。也比喻欠债。具有贬义色彩。

Example

Used as predicate or object. It can be used with other words in between. (作谓语、宾语,中间可以插入别的词语)
1
Xiǎo
de
shíhou
时候
jiā
他家
hěn
qíong
  
,
zhù
de
cǎofáng
草房
long
窟窿
  
,
tiān
zhǐnéng
只能
chī
liǎng
dùn
  

When he was young, his family was very poor, living in a grass house collapsed holes, can only eat two meals a day.

2
Zhè
nián
de
gōngchǎng
工厂
dàn
不但
méiyǒu
没有
zhuànqián
赚钱
  
,
fǎnér
反而
xià
lóng
窟隆
  

Instead of making money, his factory has collapsed in recent years.

3
xué
学习
chéng
成绩
hěn
hǎo
  
,
shì
shàng
xué
大学
de
liào
  
,
jiā
家里
long
窟窿
  
,
jiǎo
xuéfèi
学费
  
,
gāozhōng
高中
méi
niàn
wán
jiù
tíngxué
停学
le
  

His academic performance is very good, is the material of college, but his family collapsed holes, can not afford to pay tuition fees, high school did not finish on the suspension.