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豬仔

简猪仔 · 繁豬仔

Mandarin · pinyin zhū zǎi

piglet
(old) exploited Chinese laborer tricked into working abroad

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豬: zhū · pig, hog
仔: zǐ · small thing, child; young animal
猪: zhū · pig, hog, wild boar

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1–3 · zhu1 zai3

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zyu1 zai2

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noun

(chiefly Cantonese; Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) piglet
(Hakka; Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) pig
(figurative, dialect) someone sold into indentured servitude of forced labour

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