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包身工

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Chinese

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to cover; to wrap; to hold
to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet; to contract (to or for)
 
body; torso; person
body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
 
work; worker; skill
work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour
 
trad. (包身工)
simp. #(包身工)
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Noun

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包身工

  1. (historical) indentured labor (a form of slavery in pre-1949 China in which young people were lured to factories and mines where they were deprived of their personal freedom and exploited by both capitalists and labor contractors)
  2. (historical) indentured laborer (a person subjected to such slavery)

Usage notes

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See Xia Yan's nonfiction novel of the same title.