indentured laborer; system of bonded labor
Meanings
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system of bonded indentured labor (historical)
formalThis is a historical labor exploitation system that existed in old Chinese society, targeting young laborers.
The bonded labor system was an extremely cruel form of exploitation in old China.
Foremen squeezed the blood and sweat of large numbers of young workers through the bonded labor system.
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There were many young girls forced to work as bonded laborers in the old Shanghai textile factories.
Bonded laborers had no personal freedom at all, and they couldn't even get their wages.
Xia Yan's *Bonded Laborers* exposed this dark exploitation system.
noun
bonded laborer under this system
formalRefers specifically to the laborers trapped in the bonded labor system.
These bonded laborers worked more than ten hours every day.
Bonded laborers at that time were often beaten, scolded and abused by foremen.
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This documentary records the miserable lives of bonded laborers.
After the founding of New China, this bonded labor system was completely abolished.
Many bonded laborers suffered from chronic injuries and illnesses in their old age.