危机 (危機)
wēi jī
Pinyin

Definition

危机 (危機)
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wēi jī
  1. crisis
  2. CL:個|个[gè]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

危害
wēi hài
  1. 1 to jeopardize
  2. 2 to harm
  3. 3 to endanger
  4. 4 harmful effect
  5. 5 damage
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
危机
wēi jī
  1. 1 crisis
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
危险
wēi xiǎn
  1. 1 danger
  2. 2 dangerous
危及
wēi jí
  1. 1 to endanger
  2. 2 to jeopardize
  3. 3 a danger (to life, national security etc)
危急
wēi jí
  1. 1 critical
  2. 2 desperate (situation)

Idioms (20)

事危累卵
shì wēi lěi luǎn
  1. 1 lit. the matter has become a pile of eggs (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
倒悬之危
dào xuán zhī wēi
  1. 1 lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
  2. 2 dire straits
力尽神危
lì jìn shén wēi
  1. 1 totally exhausted as result of overexertion (idiom)
危在旦夕
wēi zài dàn xī
  1. 1 in imminent peril (idiom)
  2. 2 on the brink of crisis
危如朝露
wēi rú zhāo lù
  1. 1 precarious as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence

Sample Sentences

那我就来科普一下了，SDR货币篮子里头原来有，美元、欧元、英镑、日元这四种货币。它是在二战后的布雷顿森林体系出现危机后应运而生的新的货币体系。
nà wǒ jiù lái kēpǔ yīxià le ，SDR huòbì lánzi lǐtóu yuánlái yǒu ，měiyuán 、Ōuyuán 、yīngbàng 、rìyuán zhè sì zhǒng huòbì 。tā shì zài èrzhàn hòu de bùléidùnsēnlín tǐxì chūxiàn wēijī hòu yīngyùnérshēng de xīn de huòbì tǐxì 。
OK, I'll give you a lesson in popular economics. The SDR currencies basket originally included four currencies, the US dollar, the Euro, the British Pound and the yen. It was a new currency system that took root in the wake of the crisis in the Bretton Woods system after World War II.
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最近不知道这世界怎么了！美国次贷风暴引发金融危机，雷曼兄弟公司倒闭了，政府出巨资救市，我看也是白搭，关键是人们无力偿还贷款，这无底洞美国政府能填得平吗？
zuìjìn bù zhīdào zhè shìjiè zěnme le ！Měiguó cìdài fēngbào yǐnfā jīnróngwēijī ，léimàn xiōngdì gōngsī dǎobì le ，zhèngfǔ chū jù zī jiùshì ，wǒ kàn yě shì báidā ，guānjiàn shì rénmen wúlì chánghuán dàikuǎn ，zhè wúdǐdòng Měiguózhèngfǔ néng tiándepíng ma ？
I don't know what's wrong with the world lately! The American sub-prime loan meltdown led to the financial crisis, Lehman Brothers went bankrupt, the government is laying out a ton of money to save the market-- the way I see it, it's all for naught. The key thing is that people aren't able to pay back their loans. Will the American government be able to fill this bottomless pit?
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那些曾经立下赫赫战功的英雄部队，轮流来到这个练兵场，带着不进则退的危机感在实战化训练中揣摩现代战争的精髓，以锐意进取的自我更新，锤炼现代战争制胜之道。
nàxiē céngjīng lìxià hèhè zhàngōng de yīngxióng bùduì ，lúnliú láidào zhège liànbīngchǎng ，dài zhe bù jìn zé tuì de wēijīgǎn zài shízhàn huà xùnliàn zhōng chuǎimó xiàndài zhànzhēng de jīngsuǐ ，yǐ ruìyì jìnqǔ de zìwǒ gēngxīn ，chuíliàn xiàndài zhànzhēng zhìshèng zhī dào 。
Heroic troops with an impressive record on the battlefield have come in turns to this training ground, with a sense of crisis in that not making progress itself is falling behind, trying their hardest to figure out the essence of modern warfare in live fire exercises, making determined efforts to improve themselves, and refining the path to victory in the era of modern warfare.
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此外，英国并非欧元区国家，可以自己发行货币，有利保持其出口竞争力，拥有自主的财政政策。而欧债危机的蔓延，不仅使英国的疑欧之心快速发酵，也加快了脱欧脚步。
cǐwài ，Yīngguó bìngfēi Ōuyuánqū guójiā ，kěyǐ zìjǐ fāxíng huòbì ，yǒulì bǎochí qí chūkǒu jìngzhēnglì ，yōngyǒu zìzhǔ de cáizhèng zhèngcè 。ér ōuzhàiwēijī de mànyán ，bùjǐn shǐ Yīngguó de yíōu zhī xīn kuàisù fāxiào ，yě jiākuài le tuōōu jiǎobù 。
In addition, the UK is not part of the Eurozone, so it can issue its own money. This is beneficial in maintaining its competitiveness in exports, as it has autonomy in its financial policy. As the European debt crisis spread, this led Euroscepticism in the UK to ferment at a rapid pace and quickened the pace of Brexit.
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这个公关危机也实在倒霉欸！
zhège gōngguān wēijī yě shízài dǎoméi ǎi ！
The PR crisis is so unfortunate.
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现在中国社会老龄化越来越严重，放开“单独二胎”也是为了缓解人口老龄化带来的危机。
xiànzài Zhōngguó shèhuì lǎolínghuà yuèláiyuè yánzhòng ，fàngkāi “dāndúèrtāi ”yě shì wèile huǎnjiě rénkǒu lǎolínghuà dàilái de wēijī 。
Nowadays the aging of Chinese society is becoming more and more serious. Allowing the “two children for only children” program is for the sake of slowing the crisis that population aging brings.
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当然了，这些传统能源用完就没有了。据估计，再过个五六十年，煤炭和石油就要被开采完了。到时候，全球就会陷入能源危机。
dāngrán le ，zhèxiē chuántǒng néngyuán yòng wán jiù méiyǒu le 。jù gūjì ，zài guò ge wǔ liùshí nián ，méitàn hé shíyóu jiùyào bèi kāicǎi wán le 。dào shíhou ，quánqiú jiù huì xiànrù néngyuán wēijī 。
Of course not. After these traditional energy sources are used up, they're no more. According to estimates, after another 50 or 60 years, coal and fossil fuels will all have been completely extracted. When that happens, the whole world will fall into an energy crisis.
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不做公务员做什么啊，现在金融危机，各个行业都不太景气。
bù zuò gōngwùyuán zuò shénme a ，xiànzài jīnróng wēijī ，gègè hángyè dōu bùtài jǐngqì 。
If you don't work for the government, what will you do? There is a financial crisis right now. None of the industries are doing well.
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想不通，气愤。为公司卖命这么多年，经济危机来了，一夜间把我们整个部门都撤了。
xiǎngbutōng ，qìfèn 。wèi gōngsī màimìng zhème duō nián ，jīngjì wēijī lái le ，yīyèjiān bǎ wǒmen zhěnggè bùmén dōu chè le 。
I couldn't get my head around it. I was really angry! I worked so hard for that company for so many years, and then the economic crisis came and our whole department disappeared.
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别悲观嘛！要善于在危机中找机会！我最近就盘算着进口一批鸡翅。现在鸡翅的期货价被炒得老高了！
bié bēiguān ma ！yào shànyú zài wēijī zhōng zhǎo jīhuì ！wǒ zuìjìn jiù pánsuàn zhe jìnkǒu yī pī jīchì 。xiànzài jīchì de qīhuòjià bèi chǎo de lǎo gāo le ！
Don't be pessimistic! You need to be good at finding opportunities within a crisis! Lately, I've been thinking of importing a batch of chicken wings. The commodity price of chicken wings has really been blown up lately!
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