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Change log entry 70735
Processed by: richwarm (2020-09-15 07:43:29 GMT)
Comment: << review queue entry 66663 - submitted by 'monigeria' >>
This came up in conversation recently.

I'm not sure if there is a prettier way to alter the definition or not.

In Chinese they talk of 欧猪四国 PIGS and 欧猪五国 PIIGS (two "i"s), but it can also be used by itself.

English Wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PIGS_(economics)

Chinese Wiki:
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AD%90%E8%B1%AC%E4%BA%94%E5%9C%8B

http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001088827
欧债危机的市场根源在于,欧元成立后采用统一货币国家的借贷利率,无差别化的趋于一致,没有体现不同国家间信用差异和风险不同,如希腊等财政疲弱国的主权债务利率也下降至和德、法核心国家相同,使得“欧猪”国家因短视而过分举债。

https://finance.sina.com.cn/world/2019-10-10/doc-iicezuev1185357.shtml
希腊神话上演!昔日“欧猪”如今也开始发负收益率国债了

https://news.sina.com.cn/w/2019-10-07/doc-iicezzrr0543150.shtml
从曾经的欧猪国家之首、一个位于欧亚大陆最西侧边陲之地的小国,转变为不少西方主流政客羡慕的榜样国家,葡萄牙人成功的原因是什么?

It carries a connotation of laziness in Chinese, that I'm not sure is necessarily there in English.
Diff:
# 歐豬 欧猪 [Ou1 zhu1] /PIGS/PIIGS (Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain (plus/minus Ireland)) (economics)/
+ 歐豬 欧猪 [Ou1 zhu1] /(economics) (derog.) PIGS (Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain)/PIIGS (Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain)/
By MDBG 2024
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