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跳槽

Mandarin · pinyin tiào cáo

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4–2 · tiao4 cao2

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tiu3 cou4

Cantonese word readings for 跳槽. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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(archaic, original meaning, of a beast of burden) to rush to snatch food in the feeding trough of another animal; to jump from one's manger
(figurative, common in Ming/Qing-era novels, especially of a brothel client) to abandon the old for the new in love relationships
(figurative, main modern meaning) to change to a better job; to move from one job or career to another voluntarily; to job-hop; to jump ship