旧账
jiù zhàng
Pinyin

Definition

旧账
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jiù zhàng
  1. lit. old account
  2. old debt
  3. fig. old scores to settle
  4. old quarrels
  5. old grudge

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

依旧
yī jiù
  1. 1 as before
  2. 2 still
怀旧
huái jiù
  1. 1 to feel nostalgic
  2. 2 nostalgia
旧
jiù
  1. 1 old
  2. 2 opposite: new 新
  3. 3 former
  4. 4 worn (with age)
账单
zhàng dān
  1. 1 bill
账号
zhàng hào
  1. 1 account
  2. 2 username
仍旧
réng jiù
  1. 1 still (remaining)
  2. 2 to remain (the same)
  3. 3 yet
付账
fù zhàng
  1. 1 to settle an account
废旧
fèi jiù
  1. 1 worn out
  2. 2 old-fashioned and dilapidated
念旧
niàn jiù
  1. 1 to remember old friends
  2. 2 to cherish old friendships
  3. 3 for old time's sake
恋旧
liàn jiù
  1. 1 see 懷舊|怀旧[huái jiù]
折旧
zhé jiù
  1. 1 depreciation
叙旧
xù jiù
  1. 1 to reminisce
  2. 2 to talk about former times
流水账
liú shuǐ zhàng
  1. 1 day-to-day account
  2. 2 current account
混账
hùn zhàng
  1. 1 shameful
  2. 2 absolutely disgraceful!
照旧
zhào jiù
  1. 1 as before
  2. 2 as in the past
破旧
pò jiù
  1. 1 shabby
算账
suàn zhàng
  1. 1 (accounting) to balance the books
  2. 2 to do the accounts
  3. 3 (fig.) to settle an account
  4. 4 to get one's revenge
结账
jié zhàng
  1. 1 to pay the bill
  2. 2 to settle accounts
  3. 3 also written 結帳|结帐
老旧
lǎo jiù
  1. 1 outmoded
  2. 2 old-fashioned
旧事
jiù shì
  1. 1 old affair
  2. 2 former matter

Idioms (20)

不念旧恶
bù niàn jiù è
  1. 1 do not recall old grievances (idiom, from Analects); forgive and forget
喜新厌旧
xǐ xīn yàn jiù
  1. 1 lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old
因循守旧
yīn xún shǒu jiù
  1. 1 (idiom) to continue in the same old rut
  2. 2 diehard conservative attitudes
新愁旧恨
xīn chóu jiù hèn
  1. 1 new worries added to old hatred (idiom); afflicted by problems old and new
新瓶旧酒
xīn píng jiù jiǔ
  1. 1 old wine in a new bottle (idiom)
新瓶装旧酒
xīn píng zhuāng jiù jiǔ
  1. 1 old wine in a new bottle (idiom)
汰旧换新
tài jiù huàn xīn
  1. 1 out with the old and in with the new (idiom)
率由旧章
shuài yóu jiù zhāng
  1. 1 to act in accordance with the old rules (idiom)
  2. 2 to follow a proven formula
破旧立新
pò jiù lì xīn
  1. 1 to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
秋后算账
qiū hòu suàn zhàng
  1. 1 lit. to settle accounts after autumn
  2. 2 settle scores at an opportune moment (idiom)
旧地重游
jiù dì chóng yóu
  1. 1 to revisit old haunts (idiom); down memory lane
旧愁新恨
jiù chóu xīn hèn
  1. 1 old worries with new hatred added (idiom); afflicted by problems old and new
旧瓶装新酒
jiù píng zhuāng xīn jiǔ
  1. 1 lit. new wine in old bottles; fig. new concepts in an old framework
  2. 2 (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)
旧病复发
jiù bìng fù fā
  1. 1 old illness recurs (idiom); a relapse
  2. 2 fig. to repeat an old error
  3. 3 the same old problem
旧调重弹
jiù diào chóng tán
  1. 1 replaying the same old tunes (idiom); conservative, unoriginal and discredited
  2. 2 to keep harping on about the same old stuff
重操旧业
chóng cāo jiù yè
  1. 1 to resume one's old trade (idiom)
重温旧梦
chóng wēn jiù mèng
  1. 1 to revive old dreams (idiom); to relive past experiences
重温旧业
chóng wēn jiù yè
  1. 1 to resume one's old trade (idiom)
除旧布新
chú jiù bù xīn
  1. 1 to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
除旧更新
chú jiù gēng xīn
  1. 1 to replace the old with new (idiom)

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