雷曼兄弟
Léi màn Xiōng dì
Pinyin

Definition

雷曼兄弟
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Léi màn Xiōng dì
  1. Lehman Brothers, investment bank

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

xiōng dì
  1. 1 brothers
  2. 2 younger brother
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 I, me (humble term used by men in public speech)
  5. 5 brotherly
  6. 6 fraternal
dì di
  1. 1 younger brother
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 classifier: 位 wèi
Léi
  1. 1 surname Lei
rén xiōng
  1. 1 (honorific written address) My dear friend
xiōng
  1. 1 elder brother

Idioms (13)

干打雷,不下雨
gān dǎ léi , bù xià yǔ
  1. 1 all thunder but no rain (idiom)
  2. 2 a lot of noise but no action
兄弟阋于墙,外御其侮
xiōng dì xì yú qiáng , wài yù qí wǔ
  1. 1 internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)
兄弟阋墙
xiōng dì xì qiáng
  1. 1 internecine strife (idiom); fighting among oneself
咆哮如雷
páo xiào rú léi
  1. 1 to be in a thundering rage (idiom)
如雷贯耳
rú léi guàn ěr
  1. 1 lit. like thunder piercing the ear
  2. 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?
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?