大蕭條

大萧条
Dà Xiāotiáo
the Great Depression (1929-c. 1939)

CEDICT

Homographs

大蕭條 Dàxiāotiáo

Examples

在十九世纪三十年代的大萧条时期，许多富人在股市崩盘中失去了一切。

During the Depression in the 1930's, many wealthy people lost everything in the stock market crash.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

=1 大 dà
  1. big; large; great
  2. older (than another person)
  3. eldest (as in 大姐 dàjiě)
  4. greatly; freely; fully
  5. (dialect) father
  6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
=1 大 dài see 大夫 dàifu
2 蕭條 xiāotiáo
  1. bleak; desolate
  2. (economics) in a slump; sluggish; depressed