财政赤字

財政赤字

cáizhèng chìzì

noun

Meanings

1 fiscal deficit
2 budget deficit

Characters

policy / government

Examples

今年的财政赤字创下新高。

Jīnnián de cáizhèng chìzì chuàngxià xīngāo.

This year's fiscal deficit hit a new high.

政府必须控制财政赤字。

Zhèngfǔ bìxū kòngzhì cáizhèng chìzì.

The government must control the fiscal deficit.

Tips

memory

赤字 literally means 'red characters'. Accountants traditionally wrote losses in red ink — the exact origin of English 'in the red'. Surplus is 盈余 (yíngyú) or 黑字 (hēizì, 'black characters' — in the black).

Stroke Order

财 cái

政 zhèng

赤 chì

字 zì