tòu zhī

透支 (tòu zhī) is a Chinese word meaning “(banking) to overdraw; to take out an overdraft; an overdraft”.

Meanings

  1. 1(banking) to overdraw
  2. 2to take out an overdraft
  3. 3an overdraft
  4. 4to overspend (i.e. expenditure in excess of revenue)
  5. 5(old) to draw one's wage in advance
  6. 6(fig.) to exhaust (one's enthusiasm, energy etc)
  7. 7to damage a natural resource through overuse
Part of speech
verb

Characters in 透支

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