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经济

jīng jì

HSK 3 · word 1616 of 3,000

Meaning

• economy
• economic

Example sentence

Characters in 经济

• 经 jīng to pass through, to undergo; a classic text
• 济 jì to help, to relieve; to cross a river

经 to manage plus 济, to help or cross over. From an old phrase about governing and aiding the people; the modern sense is economy.

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