3D job

English

Etymology

Literally: Dirty, Dangerous and Demanding (or Difficult, Demeaning) job. Calque of Japanese 3K (3K).

Noun

3D job (plural 3D jobs)

1. A menial blue-collar job often performed by migrants.

Translations

dirty, dangerous, demanding job

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 3K產業 / 3K产业 (zh) (sān kèi chǎnyè), 3K行業 / 3K行业 (zh) (sān kèi hángyè) (number 3 can also be replaced with 三 (sān) - "three")

• Japanese: 3K (さんケー, san kē)