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透tau3支zi1

tau3 zi1tòu zhī

English

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

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese

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