雷曼兄弟
Léi màn Xiōng dì
Pinyin
Definition
雷曼兄弟
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- Lehman Brothers, investment bank
Character Decomposition
Idioms (13)
干打雷,不下雨
- 1 all thunder but no rain (idiom)
- 2 a lot of noise but no action
兄弟阋于墙,外御其侮
- 1 internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)
兄弟阋墙
- 1 internecine strife (idiom); fighting among oneself
咆哮如雷
- 1 to be in a thundering rage (idiom)
如雷贯耳
- 1 lit. like thunder piercing the ear
- 2 a well-known reputation (idiom)
Sample Sentences
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?
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?