máng liú
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  • 1

    v.unplanned influx of population (usually from rural to urban areas); migrate from a rural to an urban area in the hope of finding work

    • nǐ fù qīn yīn wǒ shì máng liú ér jiāng wǒ guān jìn láo fáng

      父亲盲流关进牢房

      Your father had me jailed for being a vagrant.

  • 2

    n.blind migrant; person who migrates to urban areas without a clear objective; migrant job-seeker

    • máng liú rén kǒu

      盲流人口

      people who drift aimlessly from rural to urban areas

    • cóng máng liú dào mín gōng zài dào nóng mín gōng jìn chéng wù gōng de nóng mín xiōng di de chēng wèi jīng lì le yī gè jiàn jìn de shēng jí guò chéng

      盲流民工农民工务工农民兄弟称谓经历渐进升级过程

      From the "blind" to "workers" and "migrant workers", the peasant migrant brothers' titles, have undergone a gradual upgrade process.