English
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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