cì jí fáng wū xìn dài wēi jīdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
subprime mortgage crisis
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Original source entry:

次級房屋信貸危機 次级房屋信贷危机 [ci4 ji2 fang2 wu1 xin4 dai4 wei1 ji1] /subprime mortgage crisis/

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Other forms in these source records: 次級房屋信貸危機

  • 次
    cì

    next in sequence / second / the second (day, time etc) / secondary / vice- / sub- / infra- / inferior quality / substandard / order / sequence / hypo- (chemistry) / classifier for enumerated events: time

  • 级
    jí

    level / grade / rank / step (of stairs) / CL:個|个[gè] / classifier: step, level

  • 房
    fáng

    house / room / CL:間|间[jiān] / branch of an extended family / classifier for family members (or concubines)

    Fáng

    surname Fang

  • 屋
    wū

    (bound form) house / (bound form) room

  • 信
    xìn

    letter / mail / CL:封[fēng] / to trust / to believe / to profess faith in / truthful / confidence / trust / at will / at random

  • 贷
    dài

    to lend on interest / to borrow / a loan / leniency / to make excuses / to pardon / to forgive

  • 危
    wēi

    danger / to endanger / Taiwan pr. [wéi]

    Wēi

    surname Wei

  • 机
    jī

    (bound form) machine / mechanism / (bound form) aircraft / (bound form) an opportunity / (bound form) crucial point / pivot / (bound form) quick-witted / flexible / (bound form) organic

    Jī

    surname Ji

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