粵

盲maang4流lau4

maang4 lau4máng liú

English

  1. (PRC) flow of people from the countryside into the cities
  2. rural migrant without definite prospects
  3. drifter
  4. (lit.) blind flow population or blind flow vagrants; (fig.) (derog.) (used to describe people (usu. in China) who ""blindly"" go to the cities from their rural villages usu. in order to find a job) transients; vagrants

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 指喺中國盲目流動湧向大城市謀生嘅階層

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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