以工代賑

Chinese

		to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour	substitute; replace; generation substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period	to relieve (the distressed)
trad. (以工代賑)		以	工	代	賑
simp. (以工代赈)		以	工	代	赈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐgōng daìzhèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄉㄞˋ ㄓㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ gung¹ doi⁶ zan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐgōng daìzhèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄉㄞˋ ㄓㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐgong dàijhèn
    • Wade–Giles: i³-kung¹ tai⁴-chên⁴
    • Yale: yǐ-gūng dài-jèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiigong dayjenn
    • Palladius: игун дайчжэнь (igun dajčžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ gung¹ doi⁶ zan³
    • Yale: yíh gūng doih jan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ gung¹ doi⁶ dzan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ gung¹ doi⁶ zen³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ kʊŋ⁵⁵ tɔːi̯²² t͡sɐn³³/

Idiom

以工代賑

在大蕭條時期，作爲羅斯福新政的一部分，聯邦政府實行大量以工代賑項目以緩解嚴重的失業問題。圖爲平民保育團人員正在維修華盛頓州的碼頭設施。

1. to use or create job opportunities to replace relief measures