3D job

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3D jobs

Etymology

Literally: Dirty, Dangerous and Demanding (or Difficult, Demeaning) job. Calque of Japanese 3K (3K).

Noun

3D job (plural 3D jobs)

A menial blue-collar job often performed by migrants.

Translations

dirty, dangerous, demanding job

Chinese:
Mandarin: 3K產業／3K产业 (zh) (sān kèi chǎnyè), 3K行業／3K行业 (zh) (sān kèi hángyè) (number 3 can also be replaced with 三 (sān) - "three")
Japanese: 3K (さんケー, san kē)

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