Powered by CC-CEDICT
Trad. 車奴
- car slave, sb forced to sacrifice quality of life to buy or maintain a car
- white slave
- (neologism that peaked in the 2000s–2010s) white-collar slave (office worker who is overworked and exploited)
- Xiongnu, a people of the Eastern Steppe who created an empire that flourished around the time of the Qin and Han dynasties
- silken tofu served cold with various toppings (loanword from Japanese "hiyayakko")
- "a slave to one's children", hard-working parents who would do everything to ensure their children's well-being, in disregard of their own needs
- a slave to one's credit card
- sb who is unable to repay their credit card borrowings
Trad. 證奴
- "a slave to certificates", sb who does one's utmost to obtain as many certificates as possible so to be more employable
Trad. 奴兒干
- part of Heilongjiang and the Vladivostok area ruled by the Ming dynasty
Trad. 奴隸社會
- slave-owning society (precedes feudal society 封建社會|封建社会 in Marxist theory)
Trad. 奴顏婢膝
- servile and bending the knee (idiom); fawning
- bending and scraping to curry favor
Trad. 耕當問奴
- if it's plowing, ask the laborer (idiom); when managing a matter, consult the appropriate specialist
Trad. 火奴魯魯
- Honolulu, capital of Hawaii
- also called 檀香山
Trad. 黑奴籲天錄
- Uncle Tom's Cabin, translated and adapted by Lin Shu 林紓|林纾
- Kuala Terengganu, capital of Terengganu state, Malaysia
Trad. 農奴解放日
- Serf Liberation Day (PRC)
Trad. 奴兒干都司
- the Ming dynasty provincial headquarters in the Heilongjiang and Vladivostok area
Trad. 耕當問奴，織當訪婢
- if it's plowing ask the laborer, if it's weaving ask the maid (idiom); when managing a matter, consult the appropriate specialist