"Slave" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 nú lì slave
 nú cai slave / fig. flunkey
 nú slave
 lǔ prisoner of war / to capture / to take prisoner / (old) northern barbarian / slave
 cóng dòng -driven (of mechanism, driven by a component) / slave (wheel, pulley)
 chén lǔ slave
 shēn jià social status / price of a slave / price of a person (a sportsman etc) / worth / value (of stocks, valuables etc)
 nú bì slave servant
 bì nu:3 slave girl / servant girl
 xìng nú lì sex slave
 wá zi baby / small child / (arch.) slave among ethnic minorities
 jiā nú domestic slave / slave servant
 cóng liáng (of a slave or servant) to be given one's freedom / (of a prostitute) to marry and leave one's trade
 nú lì zhǔ slave owner
 Yī suǒ Aesop (trad. 620-560 BC), Greek slave and storyteller, supposed author of Aesop's fables
 bì slave girl / maid servant
 mó dǐng fàng zhǒng to rub one's head and heels (idiom) / to slave for the benefit of others / to wear oneself out for the general good
 nú gōng slave labor / slave worker
 jiāng shī wǎng luò botnet / zombie network / slave network (used by spammers)
 cuì nú feeble slave
 fáng nú a slave to one's mortgage
 fú dòng dì yù floating hell / slave ships
 bái nú white-collar slave (office worker who is overworked and exploited)
 gēng nú agricultural slave / serf
 mán zi barbarian / slave servant / (old) contemptuous term for people from southern China (used by northern Chinese people)
 chē nú car slave, sb forced to sacrifice quality of life to buy or maintain a car
 hēi zhuān yáo lit. black brick kiln / factories that acquired notoriety in 2007 for slave labor
 kǎ nú a slave to one's credit card / sb who is unable to repay their credit card borrowings
 fàn mài nú lì slave trade
  International Convention for the Suppression of the White Slave Traffic
  International Agreement for the Suppression of the White Slave Traffic
  International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
  child slave
  Slave Route
 dāng niú zuò mǎ to work like a horse and toil like an ox / fig. to slave for sb
 bù wéi jiǔ kùn not a slave to the bottle / able to enjoy alcohol in moderation / able to hold one's drink
 zhèng nú "a slave to certificates", sb who does one's utmost to obtain as many certificates as possible so to be more employable
 hái nú "a slave to one's children", hard-working parents who would do everything to ensure their children's well-being, in disregard of their own needs
 xiǎo huán (historical) chignon worn by a young girl / slave girl (prepubescent household courtesan wearing a distinctive paired chignon hairstyle)
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