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包身工

Mandarin · pinyin bāo shēn gōng

indentured laborer

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包: bāo · wrap, pack, bundle; package
身: shēn · body; trunk, hull; Kangxi radical 158
工: gōng · labor, work; worker, laborer

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1–1–1 · bao1 shen1 gong1

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noun

(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)
(historical) indentured laborer (a person subjected to such slavery)

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