农民工 nóngmíngōng migrant worker
migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work)
How to remember 农民工: 农 agriculture + 民 citizens + 工 work = migrant worker.
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How it is used
- 'Migrant worker' - specifically a rural resident who moves to a city for construction, factory, or service jobs: 进城的农民工 (jìnchéng de nóngmíngōng).
- A key social-policy term in modern China, tied to the 户口 (household registration) system; it carries connotations of a vast, often precarious labor force underpinning urban growth.