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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