人肉電池

Chinese

		human flesh; human meat; human flesh search engine	battery
trad. (人肉電池)		人肉	電池
simp. (人肉电池)		人肉	电池

Etymology

Calque of English human battery, originally referring to the fictional "human batteries" in The Matrix universe.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénròu diànchí

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄡˋ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄔˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénròu diànchí
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄡˋ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄔˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénròu diànchíh
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-jou⁴ tien⁴-chʻih²
    • Yale: rén-ròu dyàn-chŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renrow diannchyr
    • Palladius: жэньжоу дяньчи (žɛnʹžou djanʹči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti̯ɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/

Noun

人肉電池

1. cheap labor; physical workers that are underpaid and overworked