Chinese Vocabulary
内卷
involution; rat race
nèijuǎn
Usage & Explanation
Excessive competition where everyone works harder but nobody gains. A defining concept in Chinese workplace culture.
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Related Words
矮化to diminish; to belittle; to reduce in stature变相裁员disguised layoffs大小周alternating work weeks独树一帜to stand out as distinctive; in a class of one's own反常识counterintuitive功利utilitarian; pragmatic to the point of mercenary教育焦虑educational anxiety阶层跃升upward class mobility竭尽全力to exhaust every effort; to spare no pains