民工
mín gōng
Pinyin
Definition
民工
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- migrant worker
- temporary worker enlisted on a public project
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
仁民爱物
- 1 love to all creatures (idiom, from Mencius); universal benevolence
便民利民
- 1 for the convenience and benefit of the people (idiom)
偷工减料
- 1 to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom)
- 2 jerry-building
- 3 sloppy work
全民皆兵
- 1 to bring the entire nation to arms (idiom)
削职为民
- 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。
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。
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.
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?
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!
You can buy train tickets online. The peasants who can't get online are so unfortunate!
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。
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。
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.
我想写关于农民工生活的。
I want to write about the lives of migrant workers.
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。
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.
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。
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.
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。
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.