smell of work 班味

smell of work
繁: 班味
簡: 班味

班味」意指人們上班工作後變得眼神疲憊、面容憔悴、不修邊幅等。縱使內地近年已打擊「996」(每周朝九晚九工作6天),但加班文化仍存在。

放眼中國:流行語「班味」 (2025年1月2日)。明報新聞網,取自https://news.mingpao.com/pns/%e6%95%99%e8%82%b2/article/20250102/s00011/1735749453818

Well, the term ban wei, or “smell of work” has been invented on social media in China to describe it.

Explainer | What is ‘smell of work’? China youth invent new term to describe whiff of exploitation (2024, Jul 4). SCMP. Retrieved from https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3263594/what-smell-work-china-youth-invent-new-term-describe-whiff-exploitation