What Does "利息利滚利" (lì xī lì gǔn lì) Mean?

lì利xī息 lì利gǔn滚lì利

Interest—compound interest,

HSK Vocabulary

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Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E7

Clip Timestamp

13:06

TMDB ID

289723

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	连利息都还不上	lián lì xī dōu hái bù shàng	I can't even pay off the interest.
2▶	利息利滚利	lì xī lì gǔn lì	Interest—compound interest,
3	越滚越多	yuè gǔn yuè duō	it just keeps piling up.

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HSK 3

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怎么样满意吧

zěn me yàng mǎn yì baHow is it? Satisfied?

HSK 6

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兄弟搭配干活不累嘛

xiōng dì dā pèi gàn huó bù lèi maTwo buddies working together make the job easier!

HSK 2

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三叔对你是真爱啊

sān shū duì nǐ shì zhēn ài aUncle San really cares about you, huh?

HSK 4

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收拾好了也还不错喽

shōu shí hǎo le yě hái bú cuò lóuIt's not bad once it's tidied up.

HSK 3

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有事情讲出来

yǒu shì qíng jiǎng chū láiSpeak up if you have something on your mind,

应该也是被逼无奈只能在那儿干了

HSK 6

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应该也是被逼无奈只能在那儿干了

yīng gāi yě shì bèi bī wú nài zhǐ néng zài nà ér gàn leHe must have had no choice but to take the job there.

HSK 1

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身上没什么钱

shēn shàng méi shén me qiánso they don't have much money.

HSK 5

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你也没比我好哪儿去呀

nǐ yě méi bǐ wǒ hǎo nǎ ér qù yaYou don't look any better than I do.

HSK 5

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你怎么会去守灯塔呢

nǐ zěn me huì qù shǒu dēng tǎ neWhy would you go guard a lighthouse?

HSK 5

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我怎么不能守灯塔呀

wǒ zěn me bù néng shǒu dēng tǎ yaWhy can't I?

HSK 7

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管吃管住还不用看老林耍酒疯

guǎn chī guǎn zhù hái bù yòng kàn lǎo lín shuǎ jiǔ fēngIt's free food and housing. And I don't have to watch Old Lin throw a drunken fit.

HSK 7

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行不瞒你了不瞒你了

xíng bù mán nǐ le bù mán nǐ leFine, I won't hide it.

HSK 4

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也不多先拿着用我再慢慢赚

yě bù duō xiān ná zhe yòng wǒ zài màn màn zhuànIt's not much, but just take it for now. I'll earn more later.

但是收高利贷太危险了夏雪要是知道了

HSK 4

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但是收高利贷太危险了夏雪要是知道了

dàn shì shōu gāo lì dài tài wēi xiǎn le xià xuě yào shì zhī dào leBut collecting for loan sharks is too dangerous. If Xia Xue knows,

HSK 3

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我不在乎自己变成什么样

wǒ bù zài hū zì jǐ biàn chéng shén me yàngI don't care what I become.