蘿蔔招聘
Chinese
| radish, especially the daikon or Chinese radish; carrot | to invite applications for a job; to recruit; to advertise a position | ||
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| trad. (蘿蔔招聘) | 蘿蔔 | 招聘 | |
| simp. (萝卜招聘) | 萝卜 | 招聘 | |
| Literally: “radish recruitment”. | |||
Etymology
A reference to the idiom 一個蘿蔔一個坑／一个萝卜一个坑 (yī gè luóbo yī gè kēng), “there is a pit for every radish”.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: luóbo zhāopìn
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄅㄛ ㄓㄠ ㄆㄧㄣˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: luóbo̊ jhaopìn
- Wade–Giles: lo2-po5 chao1-pʻin4
- Yale: lwó-bwo jāu-pìn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luo.bo jaupinn
- Palladius: лобо чжаопинь (lobo čžaopinʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lu̯ɔ³⁵ b̥u̯ɔ³ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pʰin⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: luóbo zhāopìng
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄅㄛ ㄓㄠ ㄆㄧㄥˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: luóbo̊ jhaopìng
- Wade–Giles: lo2-po5 chao1-pʻing4
- Yale: lwó-bwo jāu-pìng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luo.bo jaupinq
- Palladius: лобо чжаопин (lobo čžaopin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lu̯ɔ³⁵ b̥u̯ɔ³ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pʰiŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
Noun
蘿蔔招聘
- (figurative, neologism, slang) recruitment designed to catch a particular candidate