蘿蔔坑

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Chinese

radish, especially the daikon or Chinese radish; carrot pit; to defraud
trad. (蘿蔔坑) 蘿蔔
simp. (萝卜坑) 萝卜
Literally: “radish hole”.

Etymology

A reference to the idiom 一個蘿蔔一個坑一个萝卜一个坑 (yī gè luóbo yī gè kēng), “there is a pit for every radish”.

Pronunciation


Noun

蘿蔔坑

  1. (figurative, neologism, slang) (recruitment) position designed to catch a particular candidate

蘿蔔招聘萝卜招聘 (luóbo zhāopìn)