良性 liángxìng positive (in its effect)
positive (in its effect); leading to good consequences; virtuous; (medicine) benign (tumor etc)
怎么记住“良性”: 良 good + 性 nature = positive (in its effect).
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用法
- Benign / virtuous in effect - 良性循环 (liángxìng xúnhuán) a virtuous cycle; (medicine) 良性肿瘤 (liángxìng zhǒngliú) a benign tumor.
- Two key collocations: the 'good, self-reinforcing' sense in economics/society, and the medical 'non-malignant'.
- Direct antonym 恶性 (èxìng, vicious / malignant) in both senses - 恶性循环 (èxìng xúnhuán) a vicious circle.