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It is argued that jī does not mean "opportunity" in this case, but something more like "change point". The confusion likely arises from the fact that the character for jī is a component of the Chinese word for "opportunity", jīhuì (机会; 機會). [2] [3] [4]
English: "危機" and "危机" (pinyin: wēijī/wéijī), the Traditional and the Simplified Chinese composite word for "crisis", illustrating a popular motivational speaking that "crisis" (危機/危机) = "danger" (危, wēi/wéi) + the suffix "-ity" (機/机, jī, "change point", the first component of the Chinese composite word jīhuì, 机会/機會 for "opportunity"), which may actually ...
I don't know Chinese, but, having followed the links in the article, I think the point is this. The root meaning is that, in a crisis, the danger has the opportunity (chance) to happen. It does not mean that a crisis is an opportunity (in the positive, up-beat sense) for the person experiencing it.
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Moody’s surprise downgrade of China’s credit outlook this week has reinforced concerns that the crisis in the country’s real estate market is spilling over into the wider economy.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged the EU not to "tie the whole world" to the crisis in Ukraine and warned it could take decades to repair the economic damage. In a virtual summit with ...
Under the constitution, Mr Macron's term in office runs until the spring of 2027, so the crisis in parliament is separate. But opponents on the hard left and far right have demanded he resign to ...
In general, crisis is the situation of a "complex system" when the system functions poorly (the system still functions, but does not break down), an immediate decision is necessary to stop the further disintegration of the system, but the causes of the dysfunction are not immediately identified (the causes are so many, or unknown, that it is ...