guolaosi

From Mandarin 過勞死／过劳死 (guòláosǐ), from Japanese 過労死 (karōshi). Doublet of gwarosa and karoshi.

guolaosi (uncountable)

1. Death from overwork.
   • 2005, Melissa Rossi, What Every American Should Know About Who's Really Running the World, →ISBN:

     They say that Chinese workers in factories supplying Wal-Mart are dying from guolaosi—“overwork death”—from working upwards of fifteen hours a day, seven days a week, for months on end in a frenzy to quickly and cheaply fill demand ...

   • 2007, Anne Elizabeth Moore, Unmarketable:

     Asia estimated that by June 2006 the number of deaths attributed to guolaosi in China had reached six hundred thousand per year.

   • 2011, Eric Clark, The Real Toy Story: Inside the Ruthless Battle for Britain's Youngest Consumers, →ISBN:

     Her parents were told it was 'unknown death' and received a small sum in compensation. But the villagers said it was the new disease, guolaosi. Overwork death.

   • 2015, Steven McShane, Mara Olekalns, Alex Newman, Organisational Behaviour 5e; Emerging Knowledge, →ISBN:

     Although difficult to calculate, one prominent newspaper estimates that guolaosi claims the lives of 600 000 people in China each year.

   • 2017 July 16, “Dying Through Overwork. Working Hours in Asia.”, in Bird & Bird‎^[1]:

     Such a concept is also recognised in South Korea where it is referred to as gwarosa (과로사/過勞死) and in China, overwork-induced suicide is called guolaosi (过劳死).

   • 2022 July 12, Dwayne J. Clark, “KAROSHI CULTURE: A WARNING TO WORKAHOLICS”, in Dwayne J. Clark‎^[2]:

     The Japanese concept of karoshi (過労死) comes to mind when I think of what can happen when you aren't in tune with your body's needs. Karoshi, a Japanese word that literally translates as "overwork death," is known as sudden occupational mortality. In South Korea, it's called gwarosa (과로사) and in China, guolaosi (過勞死／过劳死).

• gwarosa
• karoshi

• 九九六 (jiǔjiǔliù, “9-to-9 workday and six-day workweek”, literally “996”)