庞氏骗局

龐氏騙局

pángshì piànjú

noun

Meanings

1 Ponzi scheme

Characters

(surname Ponzi); huge

Examples

HSK 5

这家公司其实是一个庞氏骗局。

Zhè jiā gōngsī qíshí shì yí gè Pángshì piànjú.

This company is actually a Ponzi scheme.

HSK 7-9

庞氏骗局靠后来者的钱支付先前投资人的回报。

Pángshì piànjú kào hòuláizhě de qián zhīfù xiānqián tóuzīrén de huíbào.

A Ponzi scheme uses money from later participants to pay returns to earlier ones.

HSK 7-9

媒体揭露这个项目是一场典型的庞氏骗局。

Méitǐ jiēlù zhè gè xiàngmù shì yì chǎng diǎnxíng de Pángshì piànjú.

The media exposed this project as a textbook Ponzi scheme.

Tips

history

庞氏 is the Chinese transliteration of Charles Ponzi, the Italian-American swindler whose 1920 Boston investment scam became the namesake. The term entered mainstream Chinese financial vocabulary after the 2008 Madoff case.

Stroke Order

庞 páng

氏 shì

骗 piàn

局 jú