人肉電池

人肉電池

Chinese

		human flesh; human meat; human flesh search engine	battery
trad. (人肉電池)		人肉	電池
simp. (人肉电池)		人肉	电池

Etymology

Calque of English human battery, originally referring to the fictional "human batteries" in The Matrix universe.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénròu diànchí

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄡˋ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄔˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: rénròu diànchí
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄡˋ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄔˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renrow diannchy
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénròu diànchíh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tjɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/

Noun

人肉電池

1. cheap labor; physical workers that are underpaid and overworked