Even before the financial crisis, household spending had seen the weakest growth rate among the East Asian tigers.

甚至在金融危机发生前，**的住房消费增长率在“东亚四小龙”中就是最低的。

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A similar decline occurred in East Asia during recent centuries but was reversed, step by step, by Japan in the nineteenth century and the Asian “tigers” after World War II.

在近几个世纪中，东亚也曾出现相似的衰退，但随着日本在19世纪的崛起、亚洲“四小龙”在二战后的兴起，东亚又逐渐恢复了活力。

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The term is modeled on Four Asian Tigers and Celtic Tiger , which were used to describe the economic boom periods in parts of East Asia and Ireland , respectively.

这个词是模仿亚洲四小龙和凯尔特虎，这是用来形容在东亚和爱尔兰，分别为地方的经济繁荣时期。

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Even before the financial crisis, household spending had seen the weakest growth rate among the East Asian tigers.

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