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挑山工

tiāo shān gōng

3-character word

What 挑山工 means

1. laborers who carry cargo up and down the mountains on shoulder poles

The characters in 挑山工

• 挑tiǎoto raise; to dig up; to poke
• 山shānmountain; hill; (colloquial) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
• 工gōngwork; worker; skill

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