{"id":37,"date":"2008-11-30T11:19:14","date_gmt":"2008-11-30T15:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=37"},"modified":"2008-11-30T11:19:14","modified_gmt":"2008-11-30T15:19:14","slug":"financial-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/financial-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re in the thick of the \u91d1\u878d\u5371\u673a<\/strong> (financial crisis), you’re not alone.\u00a0 The crisis is also more commonly known as the \u6b21\u8d37\u5371\u673a<\/strong> (subprime loan crisis).\u00a0 No matter who you are, you are likely to \u53d7\u5230\u5f71\u54cd<\/strong> (be affected).\u00a0 Large numbers of companies have either \u7834\u4ea7<\/strong> (gone bankrupt) or \u5012\u95ed<\/strong> (closed shop), depending on the severity of their situation.\u00a0 Even though a lot of \u6295\u8d44\u8005 <\/strong>(investors) may be able to\u00a0 \u628a\u81ea\u5df1\u7684\u62b5\u62bc\u8fd8\u6e05<\/strong> (pay off their own mortgages), the same can’t be said for everyone else. This reminds me of a Chinese saying, which is,”\u597d\u501f\u597d\u8fd8\u518d\u501f\u4e0d\u96be<\/strong>“\u3000(if you’ve borrowed something and given it back, borrowing again isn’t hard)<\/p>\n

\u91d1\u878d jin1rong2 – finance\/financial
\n\u5371\u673a wei1ji – crisis
\n\u6b21 ci4 – in this case, it means “second” or “of lesser quality” c.f. \u6b21\u54c1 (factory-second goods)
\n\u8d37 dai4 – loan, short for \u8d37\u6b3e
\n\u5f71\u54cd ying3xiang3 – influence
\n\u7834\u4ea7\u3000po4chan3 – bankrupt
\n\u5012\u95ed\u3000dao3bi4 – close down
\n\u6295\u8d44\u8005 tou2zi1zhe3 – investor
\n\u62b5\u62bc di3ya1 – mortgage
\n\u8fd8\u6e05 huan2qing1 – pay back (in full)
\n\u6295\u8d44\u3000tou2zi1 – investment
\n\u501f jie4 – loan\/borrow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you’re in the thick of the \u91d1\u878d\u5371\u673a (financial crisis), you’re not alone.\u00a0 The crisis is also more commonly known as the \u6b21\u8d37\u5371\u673a (subprime loan crisis).\u00a0 No matter who you are, you are likely to \u53d7\u5230\u5f71\u54cd (be affected).\u00a0 Large numbers of companies have either \u7834\u4ea7 (gone bankrupt) or \u5012\u95ed (closed shop), depending on the severity…<\/p>\n

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