跳槽
Chinese
jump; hop; skip (a grade) jump; hop; skip (a grade); to leap; to bounce; to beat |
manger; trough; groove | ||
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| simp. and trad. (跳槽) |
跳 | 槽 | |
| Literally: “to jump the trough”. | |||
Pronunciation
Verb
跳槽
- (archaic, original meaning, of a beast of burden) to rush to snatch food in the feeding trough of another animal; to jump from one's manger
- (figurative, common in Ming/Qing-era novels, especially of a brothel client) to abandon the old for the new in love relationships
- (figurative, main modern meaning) to change to a better job; to move from one job or career to another voluntarily; to job-hop
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