Category: EconomyPart of speech: nounDifficulty: CommonRecommended for ★ UPSC

经济

/jīngjì/Roman

English meaning: Economy

Definition

The system of production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. China has the world's second-largest economy (first by PPP) and has lifted over 800 million people out of poverty in four decades. China is India's largest trading partner and a major economic and geopolitical rival.

Example

中国是世界第二大经济体。

In English: China is the world's second-largest economy.

Literary Heritage

不患寡而患不均,不患贫而患不安。

/Bù huàn guǎ ér huàn bù jūn, bù huàn pín ér huàn bù ān./

Do not worry about having too little; worry about inequality. Do not worry about poverty; worry about instability.

孔子 (Confucius) · Philosopher and Educator · 6th–5th century BCE

论语

论语, Chapter 16 (Ji Shi), Verse 1

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