vagrant; unemployed drifter; person without legitimate occupation
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
vagrant; drifter; unemployed person without legitimate occupation
Often used in sociological or formal contexts to describe people without stable employment or residence. Can carry a slightly negative connotation but is generally neutral in academic usage. Commonly appears in the compound 无业游民.
Jiù旧
shè社
huì会
yǒu有
hěn很
duō多
wú无
yè业
yóu游
mín民
。
There were many unemployed vagrants in the old society.
Zhèng政
fǔ府
yīng应
gāi该
bāng帮
zhù助
chéng城
shì市
yóu游
mín民
zhǎo找
dào到
gōng工
zuò作
。
The government should help urban drifters find jobs.
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Tā他
shī失
yè业
hòu后
chéng成
le了
yóu游
mín民
，
sì四
chù处
piāo漂
bó泊
。
After losing his job, he became a vagrant, drifting from place to place.