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低端人口

Mandarin · pinyin dī duān rén kǒu

low-paid workers in industries that offer jobs for the unskilled
derogatory-sounding abbr. for 低端產業從業人口

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低: dī · low; to lower, hang, bend, bow
端: duān · end, extreme; head; beginning
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
口: kǒu · mouth; open end; entrance, gate

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1–1–2–3 · di1 duan1 ren2 kou3

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noun

people with low income, low education, working in low-level industries or migrant population absorbed by small businesses; lowlife

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