腦體倒掛
nǎo​tǐ​dào​guà

pay imbalance

  • created sense approved 脑体倒挂/腦體倒掛 · nǎo​tǐ​dào​guà · pay imbalance — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    脑体倒挂 / 腦體倒掛

    nǎo​tǐ​dào​guà

    pay imbalance

    The phenomenon where manual laborers receive higher wages than mental or intellectual workers; specifically used to describe an abnormal economic state where physical labor is compensated more highly than intellectual labor

    脑 (literal) → 脑/腦 · nǎo · brain 体 (literal) → 体/體 · tǐ · body 倒挂 (literal) → 倒挂/倒掛 · dào​guà · to be inverted

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