old debts
definitions
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Financial obligations or sums of money owed from a previous period or time.zh: 旧债
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Past moral obligations, social duties, or unresolved grievances from the past.zh: 旧恩或旧怨
examples
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The company struggled to repay its old debts.
公司难以偿还旧债。
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He felt he had to settle old debts of gratitude.
他觉得必须报答旧恩。