旧账

lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge

Characters and words in 旧账

jiù = ji + ou4

old / opposite: new 新 / former / worn (with age)

旧 = 丨 + 日 : In the year 2076 Joan of Arc (ji) and the sun (日) meet again in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4). They are both very old (旧) and have to use dinosaur bones (丨) as crooks.

zhàng = zh + ang4

account / bill / debt / CL:本[ben3],筆|笔[bi3]

账 = 贝 + 长 : The crab (贝) opened a bank account (账) at the James II of England's (zh) bank in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4), but the crab soon owns a lot of money to James II of England. One day James II of England has enough and confiscates the crab's longboard (长) to cover the debt.

Words with 旧账

to turn over old accounts / fig. to revive old quarrels / to reopen old wounds

Sentences with 旧账

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