蟻族 (ngai5 zuk6) — ant tribe, collectively describes people who generally are Chinese university graduate born in the 1980s, work an unstable job that pays less than RMB 2,000 per month, live in a shared RMB 350 apartment and spend over two hours a day traveling to and from work in Cantonese

ngaiˏ₅zukˍ₆
蚁族
Mandarin Pinyin: yi3 zu2

Meaning of 蟻族

nounant tribe, collectively describes people who generally are Chinese university graduate born in the 1980s, work an unstable job that pays less than RMB 2,000 per month, live in a shared RMB 350 apartment and spend over two hours a day traveling to and from work

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