苦力
fu2 lik6gu1 lei1kǔ lì
English
- bitter work
- hard toil
- (loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times
- coolie; labourer
粵語 — Cantonese
- 舊時指搬運工人，而家就泛指收入低而需要大量身體勞動嘅工種（量詞：個）
Examples
讀完大學做苦力嘥唔嘥啲？
Isn’t it a waste of your college education to work as a laborer after you graduate?
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk