掠賣華工 lüè mài huá gōng

kidnap and sell Chinese workers overseas

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. Chinese people press-ganged and sold into slavery during Western colonialism

Characters

Character Meaning
掠 lüè HSK 6
to sweep; to brush over; to skim
賣 mài
to sell; to show off or flaunt; to betray
華 huá
abbr. for China; magnificent; splendid
工 gōng HSK 1
work; labor; worker