Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
白领
báilǐng
Description
白领是指在办公室里工作的人，他们不做体力活。
"白领" refers to people who work in offices and do not perform manual labor.
很多白领每天穿着西装去上班。
Many "白领" wear suits to work every day.
Meanings
白领báilǐng
white-collar worker; office worker
他是一名白领，在银行工作。
He is a white-collar worker and works at a bank.
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Notes
- Etymology
白 (white) + 领 (collar), a loan translation of English "white-collar."
- Nuance
contrasts with 蓝领 (blue-collar), referring to manual laborers.
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