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斜槓

简斜杠 · 繁斜槓

Mandarin · pinyin xié gàng

slash; forward slash (punctuation mark)
(neologism, attested by 2016) (coll.) (attributive) pursuing multiple career paths concurrently; having a portfolio career; (of a career, identity etc) multi-path; multi-hyphenate; slashie

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斜: xié · slanting, sloping, inclined
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杠: gàng · lever, pole, crowbar; sharpen

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2–4 · xie2 gang4

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ce4 gong3

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noun

slash (punctuation)
(informal) slash career (a person who makes multiple income streams simultaneously from different careers)

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