欠薪
qiàn xīn
Pinyin

Definition

欠薪
 - 
qiàn xīn
  1. to owe wages
  2. back pay
  3. wages arrears

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

欠
qiàn
  1. 1 deficient
  2. 2 to owe
  3. 3 to lack
  4. 4 yawn
加薪
jiā xīn
  1. 1 to raise salary
哈欠
hā qian
  1. 1 yawn
年薪
nián xīn
  1. 1 annual salary
拖欠
tuō qiàn
  1. 1 in arrears
  2. 2 behind in payments
  3. 3 to default on one's debts
月薪
yuè xīn
  1. 1 monthly income (in kind)
欠佳
qiàn jiā
  1. 1 suboptimal
  2. 2 subpar
  3. 3 not good enough
欠债
qiàn zhài
  1. 1 to owe a debt
  2. 2 the sum owed
欠扁
qiàn biǎn
  1. 1 annoying
  2. 2 infuriating
  3. 3 deserving of a good spanking
欠揍
qiàn zòu
  1. 1 to need a spanking
欠缺
qiàn quē
  1. 1 to be deficient in
  2. 2 lapse
  3. 3 deficiency
欠费
qiàn fèi
  1. 1 to be in arrears
  2. 2 to be out of credit
  3. 3 amount owing
发薪日
fā xīn rì
  1. 1 payday
薪水
xīn shuǐ
  1. 1 salary
  2. 2 wage
薪资
xīn zī
  1. 1 salary
薪酬
xīn chóu
  1. 1 pay
  2. 2 remuneration
  3. 3 salary
  4. 4 reward
亏欠
kuī qiàn
  1. 1 to fall short of
  2. 2 to have a deficit
  3. 3 deficit
  4. 4 deficiency
高薪
gāo xīn
  1. 1 high salary
呵欠
hē qiàn
  1. 1 yawn
工薪族
gōng xīn zú
  1. 1 salaried class

Idioms (11)

厝火积薪
cuò huǒ jī xīn
  1. 1 lit. to put a fire under a pile of firewood (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. hidden danger
  3. 3 imminent danger
只欠东风
zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng
  1. 1 all we need is an east wind (idiom); lacking only one tiny crucial item
抱薪救火
bào xīn jiù huǒ
  1. 1 lit. to carry firewood to put out a fire (idiom); fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action
救焚益薪
jiù fén yì xīn
  1. 1 add firewood to put out the flames (idiom); fig. ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse
  2. 2 to add fuel to the fire
曲突徙薪
qū tū xǐ xīn
  1. 1 lit. to bend the chimney and remove the firewood (to prevent fire) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take preventive measures
杯水车薪
bēi shuǐ chē xīn
  1. 1 lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom); fig. an utterly inadequate measure
卧薪尝胆
wò xīn cháng dǎn
  1. 1 lit. to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Gou Jian of Yue 勾踐|勾践[Gōu Jiàn]), in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge
卧薪尝胆
wò xīn cháng dǎn
  1. 1 lit. to lie on firewood and taste gall (idiom); fig. suffering patiently, but firmly resolved on revenge
万事俱备，只欠东风
wàn shì jù bèi , zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng
  1. 1 lit. everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. lacking only one tiny crucial item
万事皆备，只欠东风
wàn shì jiē bèi , zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng
  1. 1 everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiom)
  2. 2 lacking only one tiny crucial item
  3. 3 also written 萬事俱備，只欠東風|万事俱备，只欠东风
薪火相传
xīn huǒ xiāng chuán
  1. 1 lit. the flame of a burning piece of firewood passes on to the rest (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another

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