大萧条

大蕭條

Dà Xiāotiáo

proper noun

Meanings

1 Great Depression, the worldwide economic slump that began with the 1929 Wall Street crash

Characters

bleak (萧条, a slump)

Examples

HSK 5

大萧条时期，很多人失去了工作。

Dà Xiāotiáo shíqī, hěnduō rén shīqù le gōngzuò.

During the Great Depression many people lost their jobs.

HSK 6

有些经济学家担心，这场危机会变成又一次大萧条。

Yǒuxiē jīngjìxuéjiā dānxīn, zhè chǎng wēijī huì biànchéng yòu yí cì Dà Xiāotiáo.

Some economists worry that this crisis will turn into another Great Depression.

Tips

usage

萧条 alone means 'bleak' or 'in a slump' and is used of any downturn: 经济萧条 'an economic depression', 生意萧条 'business is slow'. 大萧条 names the Great Depression of the 1930s; the 2008 crisis is often called 大衰退 'the Great Recession'.

Stroke Order

大 dà

萧 xiāo

条 tiáo