次貸危機 cì dài wēi jī

DEFINITIONS

  1. subprime mortgage crisis
  2. abbr. for 次級房屋信貸危機|次级房屋信贷危机[ci4 ji2 fang2 wu1 xin4 dai4 wei1 ji1]

CHARACTERS

次 cì order, sequence; next
貸 dài lend; borrow; pardon
危 wēi dangerous, precarious; high
機 jī machine; moment, chance