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不景气

bù jǐng qì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 3-character word Traditional 不景氣

不景气 (bù jǐng qì) means "slack; in a slump". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 不景气 means

1. slack
2. in a slump

The characters in 不景气

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 景jǐng(bound form) scenery; circumstance; situation
• 气qìgas; air; smell; weather

Example sentences

• 经济不景气失业率上升到了5％。
  Jīngjì bù jǐngqì shīyèlǜ shàngshēng dào le 5％.
  The unemployment rate went up to 5% because of the recession.

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