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Definition

1. Noun:
   • Conscripted labourer; civilian labourer: A citizen performing mandatory, often manual, public service labour for a defined period, typically for state projects or national defense efforts.
   • Civic worker: A person mobilized for organized communal or national work duties.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Đoàn dân công đắp đê. (A gang of conscripted labourers was strengthening a dyke.)
  • Ông nội tôi từng đi dân công phục vụ tiền tuyến. (My grandfather once served as a civilian labourer for the front lines.)
  • Huy động dân công sửa đường. (To mobilize civilian labourers to repair the road.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is historically significant, often associated with mass mobilization during the Indochina Wars and for post-war reconstruction, implying organized, non-military state service.

Variants and Related Words

• Lao động công ích (n): community service labour; public utility work.
  • Anh ta bị phạt lao động công ích. (He was sentenced to community service.)

Synonyms

• Labourer: A person doing unskilled manual work.
• Conscript: A person enlisted compulsorily, typically into military or labour service.
• Civic worker: A worker engaged in public projects.

Related Idioms

• Đi dân công: To go on a conscripted labour assignment.
  • Thanh niên trong làng phải đi dân công mỗi mùa đông. (The young people in the village had to go on conscripted labour assignments every winter.)

Học thuật

1. Conscripted labourer
   • Đoàn dân công đắp đê
     A gang of conscripted labourers was stengthening a dyke