泡沫

• Pinyin: pào mò
• Desglose de hanzi: 泡 = 氵 + 包 (water bubble); 沫 = 氵 + 末 (water at the end, froth at the surface)

Significado

espuma; burbuja; burbuja económica

Used both literally for physical foam or bubbles and metaphorically for financial or social phenomena that are inflated and unsustainable. 泡沫经济 (bubble economy) is a key term in economic discourse.

Ejemplos

1. 海浪拍打礁石，激起大量白色泡沫。
2. 房地产泡沫一旦破裂，将引发连锁的金融危机。
3. 网红经济中存在大量虚假繁荣的泡沫成分。

Guía de uso

Contexto: economics, finance, nature, media critique

Tono: neutral

Correcto

• 分析师警告称，当前科技股估值已呈现出明显的泡沫特征。(Analysts have warned that the current valuation of technology stocks shows clear signs of a bubble.)
• 肥皂泡沫在阳光下折射出七彩的光芒，美丽而短暂。(Soap bubbles refract rainbow colours in the sunlight — beautiful and fleeting.)

Incorrecto

• 他的谎言是一个泡沫 — use 谎言终将破灭 or 虚假的 to describe a lie; 泡沫 describes unsustainable inflation, not deception itself

Origen e historia

泡 (bubble, soak) + 沫 (froth, foam) — both characters relate to the surface formation of liquid bubbles

Contexto cultural

Generación: All ages

Contexto social: Universal