蘿蔔招聘

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Chinese

radish, especially the daikon or Chinese radish; carrot to invite applications for a job; to recruit; to advertise a position
trad. (蘿蔔招聘) 蘿蔔 招聘
simp. (萝卜招聘) 萝卜 招聘
Literally: “radish recruitment”.

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

蘿蔔招聘

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

蘿蔔坑萝卜坑 (luóbokēng)