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民工

mín gōng

2-character word

What 民工 means

1. migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work)
2. temporary worker enlisted on a public project

The characters in 民工

• 民mín(bound form) the people; inhabitants of a country
• 工gōngwork; worker; skill

Example sentences

• 一个国家对待知识分子的态度标志着一个国家的文明程度，而一个国家对待农民工的态度则代表着一个国家的良心！
  Yī gè guójiā duìdài zhīshifènzǐ de tàidu biāozhì zhe yī gè guójiā de wénmíng chéngdù, ér yī gè guójiā duìdài nóngmíngōng de tàidu zé dàibiǎo zhe yī gè guójiā de liángxīn!
  The way a country treats its intellectuals is a sign of its civility. The way a country treats its farmers is a sign of its conscience.

Words containing 民工

• 农民工nóng mín gōngmigrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work)
• 移民工yí mín gōngmigrant worker