民工
mín gōng
Pinyin

Definition

民工
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mín gōng
  1. migrant worker
  2. temporary worker enlisted on a public project

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

rén mín
  1. 1 the people
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
gōng mín
  1. 1 citizen
yuán gōng
  1. 1 staff
  2. 2 personnel
  3. 3 employee
gōng zuò
  1. 1 to work
  2. 2 (of a machine) to operate
  3. 3 job
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 task
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
  7. 7 classifier: 份 fèn
  8. 8 classifier: 项 xiàng
gōng jù
  1. 1 tool
  2. 2 instrument
  3. 3 utensil
  4. 4 means (to achieve a goal etc)

Idioms (20)

仁民爱物
rén mín ài wù
  1. 1 love to all creatures (idiom, from Mencius); universal benevolence
便民利民
biàn mín lì mín
  1. 1 for the convenience and benefit of the people (idiom)
偷工减料
tōu gōng jiǎn liào
  1. 1 to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom)
  2. 2 jerry-building
  3. 3 sloppy work
全民皆兵
quán mín jiē bīng
  1. 1 to bring the entire nation to arms (idiom)
削职为民
xuē zhí wéi mín
  1. 1 demotion to commoner (idiom)

Sample Sentences

哪儿有那么容易。中国有8亿农民,城市能提供多少工作岗位?现在才1亿多农民工城市都容纳不了,治安问题,住房问题,医疗问题,孩子上学高考问题,一大堆问题。
nǎr yǒu nàme róngyì 。Zhōngguó yǒu bā yì nóngmín ,chéngshì néng tígōng duōshao gōngzuògǎngwèi ?xiànzài cái yī yì duō nóngmíngōng chéngshì dōu róngnà bùliǎo ,zhì ān wèntí ,zhùfáng wèntí ,yīliáo wèntí ,háizi shàngxué gāokǎo wèntí ,yīdàduī wèntí 。
It's not that easy. There are 800 million farmers in China. How many jobs can the cities provide for them? Nowadays the cities can't absorb even 100 million workers. There are policing issues, housing issues, medical treatment issues, issues with children going to school and taking the gaokao. There are a ton of issues.
中国人觉得那种晒得黑黄黑黄的不是农民就是民工,皮肤白说明工作好,不用受风吹日晒。
Zhōngguórén juéde nà zhǒng shài de hēihuánghēihuáng de bùshì nóngmín jiùshì míngōng ,pífū bái shuōmíng gōngzuò hǎo ,bùyòng shòu fēngchuīrìshài 。
Chinese people think that anyone with a really dark tan is either a peasant or a migrant worker. If your skin is white it means that you have a good job and don't have to be exposed to the elements.
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只种几亩地恐怕不够养家糊口发家致富吧?要不然哪来的那么多农民工?青壮年都出去打工,把老婆孩子放在老家留守,谁愿意啊?
zhǐ zhòng jǐ mǔ dì kǒngpà bùgòu yǎngjiāhúkǒu fājiāzhìfù ba ?yàoburán nǎ lái de nàme duō nóngmíngōng ?qīngzhuàngnián dōu chūqù dǎgōng ,bǎ lǎopó háizi fàng zài lǎojiā liúshǒu ,shéi yuànyì a ?
Don't you think people worry that they won't be able to feed their families or save money just by cultivating a few mu of land? Otherwise, why would there be so many migrant workers? They go out to work in the prime of their youths and leave their wife and children at home to take care of things. Who would choose that?
网上买火车票,不会上网的民工伤不起!
wǎngshàng mǎi huǒchēpiào ,bùhuì shàngwǎng de míngōng shāngbuqǐ !
You can buy train tickets online. The peasants who can't get online are so unfortunate!
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哎!要说可怜,这些摆摊的人真够可怜的!多半都是农民工,背井离乡不说,还处处遭人白眼。干的都是最苦最累最脏的活儿,得到的报酬却少得可怜。
āi !yào shuō kělián ,zhèxiē bǎitān de rén zhēn gòu kělián de !duōbàn dōu shì nóngmíngōng ,bèijǐnglíxiāng bùshuō ,hái chùchù zāo rén báiyǎn 。gàn de dōu shì zuì kǔ zuì lèi zuì zāng de huór ,dédào de bàochou què shǎo de kělián 。
Agh! If you want to talk about having it rough, these vendors have it the worst of all! Most of them are probably migrant workers. Not only did they have to leave their hometowns, they're looked down upon everywhere they go. They do the most difficult, tiring and dirtiest jobs of all, and yet they get the least in return for it.
农民工生活?这个选题已经有很多人做过了,想创新还是有一定的难度的。
nóngmíngōng shēnghuó ?zhè ge xuǎntí yǐjīng yǒu hěn duō rén zuò guo le ,xiǎng chuàngxīn háishì yǒu yīdìng de nándù de 。
The lives of migrant workers? Too many people have already done this topic. If you want to do something new with it, it certainly won't be easy.
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我想写关于农民工生活的。
wǒ xiǎng xiě guānyú nóngmíngōng shēnghuó de 。
I want to write about the lives of migrant workers.
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我也觉得这个题目有点老套,不过我之前接触过一些农民工,我觉得可以挖掘一下他们的精神生活。
wǒ yě juéde zhè ge tímù yǒudiǎnr lǎotào ,bùguò wǒ zhīqián jiēchù guo yīxiē nóngmíngōng ,wǒ juéde kěyǐ wājué yīxià tāmen de jīngshén shēnghuó 。
I think this subject is a little worn out as well, but I've come into contact with some migrant workers before, and I think I could dig a little deeper into how they spend their free time.
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是啊,精神文明和物质文明一样重要,而且,现在很多农民工手头宽裕了,精神生活也逐渐丰富起来。
shì a ,jīngshén wénmíng hé wùzhì wénmíng yīyàng zhòngyào ,érqiě ,xiànzài hěn duō nóngmíngōng shǒutóu kuānyù le ,jīngshén shēnghuó yě zhújiàn fēngfù qǐlái 。
Yeah, the cultural world is just as important as the material world. Also, these days a lot of migrant workers are better off than in the past. Their cultural lives are gradually becoming richer.
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前期我准备印一些调查问卷,去农民工聚集的企业和工厂发一下,了解一下目前的情况。再采访一些农民工。最后对结果进行理论分析,得出结论。
qiánqī wǒ zhǔnbèi yìn yīxiē diàochá wènjuàn ,qù nóngmíngōng jùjí de qǐyè hé gōngchǎng fā yīxià ,liǎojiě yīxià mùqián de qíngkuàng 。zài cǎifǎng yīxiē nóngmíngōng 。zuìhòu duì jiéguǒ jìnxíng lǐlùn fēnxī ,déchū jiélùn 。
For the first stage, I'll print some questionnaires. I'll then go to the businesses and factories where migrant workers are and learn a bit about the present situation. Then I'll interview some of the workers. In the end, I'll use the results to conduct theoretical analysis, then reach a conclusion.
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