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The character for debt, "债", is structurally composed of the human radical "人" (亻) on the left and the component "责" on the right, a combination that directly illustrates its core meaning. The element "责" originally carried the broader sense of a demand or obligation, and when coupled with the human element, it specifies a financial or material obligation borne by a person. This construction is consistent with its traditional form, "債". Over time, the meaning of the character narrowed and solidified from the general concept of an obligation to specifically denote a monetary debt, a sum owed by one party to another, thus refining its original semantic scope to a precise economic context.
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我欠了一些债。
他必须还债。
爸爸还清了债务。
避免欠债很重要。
债务压力很大。
公司债务增加了。
国家债务是一个问题。
为了还债，他每天工作很辛苦。