coolie, unskilled laborer (old times; pejorative)
Example Sentences
在旧社会，许多贫苦百姓只能靠在码头当苦力出卖体力勉强维持生计。
zài jiù shè huì, xǔ duō pín kǔ bǎi xìng zhǐ néng kào zài mǎ tóu dāng kǔ lì chū mài tǐ lì miǎn qiǎng wéi chí shēng jì.
In the old society, many poor people could only make ends meet by selling their physical strength as coolies on the docks.
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