蓝领 (lán lǐng) — blue-collar worker

Definition

Examples

• 很多蓝领工人从事制造业工作。
  Hěn duō lán lǐng gōng rén cóng shì zhì zào yè gōng zuò.
  Many blue-collar workers are employed in manufacturing.
• 蓝领和白领的工资差距在缩小。
  lán lǐng Hé bái lǐng de gōng zī chā jù zài suō xiǎo.
  The wage gap between blue-collar and white-collar workers is narrowing.
• 他出身蓝领家庭，靠努力成为工程师。
  Tā chū shēn lán lǐng jiā tíng, kào nǔ lì chéng wéi gōng chéng shī.
  He comes from a blue-collar family and became an engineer through hard work.