zì tāo yāo bāo

自掏腰包 (zì tāo yāo bāo) is a Chinese word meaning “to pay out of one's own pocket; to dig into one's pocket”.

Meanings

  1. 1to pay out of one's own pocket
  2. 2to dig into one's pocket

Characters in 自掏腰包

自zì · (bound form) self; oneself掏tāo · to fish out (from pocket)腰yāo · the waist and lower back包bāo · to cover

Related words

自己oneself; (attributive) one's own来自to come from (a place)自由freedom; liberty包to cover包surname Bao自(bound form) self; oneself自杀to kill oneself自从since (a time)包括to comprise自然nature自我the self; oneself; self-亲自personally

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