created sense approved 劣币驱逐良币/劣幣驅逐良幣 · lièbìqūzhúliángbì · Gresham's Law — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
劣币驱逐良币 / 劣幣驅逐良幣
lièbìqūzhúliángbì
Gresham's Law
economic principle that if two kinds of money with the same nominal value but different intrinsic value are in circulation, the inferior currency will displace the superior currency
劣币 (literal) → 劣币/劣幣 · lièbì · bad money 驱逐 (literal) → 驱逐/驅逐 · qūzhú · to expel 良 (literal) → 良 · liáng · good 币 (literal) → 币/幣 · bì · currency
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 劣币驱逐良币/劣幣驅逐良幣 · lièbìqūzhúliángbì · bad money drives out good — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
劣币驱逐良币 / 劣幣驅逐良幣
lièbìqūzhúliángbì
bad money drives out good
used figuratively to describe a situation where inferior people or things displace superior ones within a group or system
劣币 (literal) → 劣币/劣幣 · lièbì · bad money 驱逐 (literal) → 驱逐/驅逐 · qūzhú · to expel 良 (literal) → 良 · liáng · good 币 (literal) → 币/幣 · bì · currency
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition