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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]
Chinese word for "crisis" The Chinese word for "crisis" (危机) is not composed of the symbols for "danger" and "opportunity"; the first does represent danger, but the second instead means "inflection point" (the original meaning of the word "crisis"). [98] [99] The misconception was popularized mainly by campaign speeches by John F. Kennedy. [98]
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 ...
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.
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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A calque / k æ l k / or loan translation is a word or phrase borrowed from another language by literal, word-for-word (Latin: "verbum pro verbo") translation. This list contains examples of calques in various languages.
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