Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
工潮
gōngcháo
Description
工潮是指工人们一起罢工或抗议的事件。
A 工潮 refers to an event where workers strike or protest together.
当工人对工资不满意时，可能会发生工潮。
A 工潮 may occur when workers are unhappy with their wages.
Meanings
工潮gōngcháo
labor movement; workers' strike or protest
那家工厂去年发生了一次大工潮。
That factory had a major strike last year.
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Notes
- Etymology
工 (worker) + 潮 (tide/wave), literally a 'wave' of worker unrest.
- Nuance
formal and somewhat dated; common in news or historical writing about labor unrest.
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