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guest worker

noun
🔊/ˈɡest wɜːkə(r)/
🔊/ˈɡest wɜːrkər/
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  1. a person, usually from a poor country, who comes to another richer country in order to work there（通常指来自穷国的）客籍工人，外籍工作人员
    Word Origin1960s: translation of the German.