蘿蔔坑

Chinese

		radish, especially the daikon or Chinese radish; carrot	pit; to defraud
trad. (蘿蔔坑)		蘿蔔	坑
simp. (萝卜坑)		萝卜	坑
Literally: “radish hole”.

Etymology

A reference to the idiom 一個蘿蔔一個坑／一个萝卜一个坑 (yī gè luóbo yī gè kēng), “there is a pit for every radish”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luóbokēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄅㄛ ㄎㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luóbokēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄅㄛ ㄎㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luóbo̊keng
    • Wade–Giles: lo²-po⁵-kʻêng¹
    • Yale: lwó-bwo-kēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luo.bokeng
    • Palladius: лобокэн (lobokɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ³⁵ b̥u̯ɔ³ kʰɤŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

蘿蔔坑

1. (figurative, neologism, slang) (recruitment) position designed to catch a particular candidate

Related terms

蘿蔔招聘／萝卜招聘 (luóbo zhāopìn)