"Paying" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 yǒu cháng paying / paid (not free)
 huì jiàn to meet with (sb who is paying a visit) / CL:次[ci4]
 bù jīng yì not paying attention / carelessly / by accident
访 xìn fǎng to make a complaint or a suggestion to the authorities by letter or by paying a visit
 bái chī to eat without paying / to eat for free
 yí róng body of the deceased (esp. in the context of paying one's respects) / picture of the deceased
 dǐng zuì to take the blame for sb else / to compensate for one's crime / to get charges dropped (by paying money etc)
 jiā yì paying special care / with particular attention
 bù jīng yì jiān without paying attention / without noticing / unconsciously / inadvertently
 wú suǒ yòng xīn not paying attention to anything (idiom) / to idle time away
 bǎi niǎo cháo fèng lit. all birds paying looking up to the phoenix / fig. peace under a wise ruler
 bǎo rén guarantor / person paying bail
 xìng lín forest of apricot trees / (fig.) honorific term for fine doctor (cf Dr Dong Feng 董奉[Dong3 Feng4], 3rd century AD, asked his patients to plant apricot trees instead of paying fees)
 chī bái shí to eat without paying / to freeload
 chī bà wáng cān to dine and dash / to leave without paying
 kuān miǎn to reduce payment / to annul (debts, bills, taxes etc) / to let sb off paying
 zhòng sè qīng yǒu paying more attention to a lover than friends (idiom) / to value sex over friendship
 fēi gàng gǎn huà deleveraging (i.e. paying off part of a leverage loan)
 shī xìn bèi zhí xíng rén (law) judgement defaulter (person who has failed to fulfill obligations set forth in a written court judgement, such as paying compensation to sb, despite having the means to do so) / debt dodger
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