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剛需

简刚需 · 繁剛需

Mandarin · pinyin gāng xū

(economics) rigid demand; inelastic demand (abbr. for 剛性需求 gāng xìng xū qiú)

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需: xū · need, require, must; hexagram ䷄
刚: gāng · hard, tough, rigid, strong

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1–1 · gang1 xu1

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(literary) inflexible demand

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