中国のGDP統計はオオカミ少年か。

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中国 GDP 統計 おおかみ 少年

English Translation

Are the Chinese GDP figures a case of the boy crying wolf?

Furigana

中国(ちゅうごく)のGDP統計(とうけい)はオオカミ少年(しょうねん)か。

Romanji

Chūgoku no ji-dhi-pi- tōkei wa ōkami shōnen ka.

Words

中国 (ちゅうごく)
China; Chugoku region of western Honshu (incl. Okayama, Hiroshima, Shimane, Tottori and Yamaguchi prefectures); central part of a country; main region
()
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
GDP (ジーディーピー)
gross domestic product; GDP
統計 (とうけい)
statistics
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(おおかみ、おおかめ、おいぬ、オオカミ)
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
少年 (しょうねん)
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る
Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center
Readings: コク、 くに
Meaning: country
Readings: トウ、 す.べる、 ほび.る
Meanings: overall, relationship, ruling, governing
Readings: ケイ、 はか.る、 はか.らう
Meanings: plot, plan, scheme, measure
Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し
Meanings: few, little
Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years