Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

蕭條

xiāotiáo

ㄒㄧㄠ ㄊㄧㄠˊ

Simplified 萧条

  1. 1bleak; desolate
  2. 2(economics) in a slump; sluggish; depressed
Example

在十九世紀三十年代的大蕭條時期,許多富人在股市崩盤中失去了一切。

zài shíjiǔ shìjì sānshí niándài de DàXiāotiáo shíqí xǔduō fùrén zài gǔshì bēngpán zhòng shīqù le yíqiè

During the Depression in the 1930's, many wealthy people lost everything in the stock market crash.

Keep 蕭條 and it comes back until you know it.

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