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社se5畜cuk1

se5 cuk1shè chù

English

  1. (coll.) corporate drone (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 社畜 "shachiku")
  2. wage slave; from Japanese 社畜shachiku (Wasei Kango), refers to workers who sacrifice personal life or even dignity just for work

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 為咗做嘢而犧牲自己私生活不斷開OT,甚至尊嚴都可以放棄嘅打工仔;源自日文嘅「社畜」

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

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