蘿蔔招聘

Chinese
radish; turnip 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
  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): luóbo zhāopìn, luóbo zhāopìng
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄅㄛ ㄓㄠ ㄆㄧㄣˋ, ㄌㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄅㄛ ㄓㄠ ㄆㄧㄥˋ

Noun

蘿蔔招聘

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