民工潮
mín​gōng​cháo

tide of migrant workers

  • created sense approved 民工潮 · mín​gōng​cháo · tide of migrant workers — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    民工潮

    mín​gōng​cháo

    tide of migrant workers

    The massive influx of rural migrant workers into cities looking for work; used to describe the large-scale movement of labor from the countryside to urban areas.

    民工 (literal) → 民工 · mín​gōng · migrant worker 潮 (literal) → 潮 · cháo · upsurge

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