次贷危机
Traditional form:
次貸危機
Pinyin (reading):
cìdàiwēijī
Definitions:
- subprime mortgage crisis
- abbr. for 次級房屋信貸危機／次级房屋信贷危机 (cìjífángwūxìndàiwēijī)
Characters:
- 次 - order, sequence; second, next; one after the other
- 贷 - to borrow; to lend; to pardon
- 危 - dangerous, precarious; high
- 机 - desk; machine; moment, opportunity
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