他还不停地 往我身上挂新账 新账抵旧账
“He kept adding new debts to my account. New debt to pay for the old debt.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
连血都被他卖了
“He even sold my blood.”
他还不停地 往我身上挂新账 新账抵旧账
“He kept adding new debts to my account. New debt to pay for the old debt.”
“I can never get away from him.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese colloquial speech, rolling over debts repeatedly creates an insurmountable financial cage, often associated with informal or illegal loan sharks.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to charge to an account; to put on a tab
Commonly used in accounting or informal debt contexts when accruing debt without immediate settlement.
to roll over old debts with new ones; borrowing from Peter to pay Paul
A vivid four-character colloquial idiom describing a precarious cycle of accumulating compounding debt.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why must you bring up the past?”
“Otherwise, I'm pinning all of this on you.”
“We have a debt that doesn't match.”
“You shouldn't do bookkeeping here.”
“the debt collectors came again today.”
“I'm currently reconciling the accounts. You...”