熊市 (xióng shì) — bear market (a market in which prices are falling, encouraging selling)
Definition
Literal 'bear market': a sustained period of falling prices, opposite of 牛市 (bull market). The bear symbolizes a downward-swinging market in Chinese just as in English.
noun
bear market (a market in which prices are falling, encouraging selling)
Examples
- 熊市，。Zuì jìn xióng shì chí xù xià diē, hěn duō tóu zī zhě dōu kuī le qián.Recently the bear market has been falling continuously, and many investors have lost money.
- 熊市，。Zài xióng shì zhōng, tóu zī zhě yīng gāi jǐn shèn cāo zuò.In a bear market, investors should operate cautiously.
- 熊市。Zhuān jiā yù cè míng nián xióng shì huì zhuǎn wéi niú shì.Experts predict that the bear market will turn into a bull market next year.
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