| Change log entry 89994 | |
|---|---|
| Processed by: | richwarm (2025-06-01 04:38:06 UTC) |
| Comment: |
<< review queue entry 82356 >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zouxian_(phenomenon) Zouxian (Chinese: 走线; pinyin: zǒuxiàn; lit. 'walk the route') is the phenomenon of mainland Chinese migrants entering the United States through its southwestern border with Mexico.[1][2] The phenomenon became more prominent in the early 2020s.[3] In 2021, at the Darién gap, the Panamanian police counted 200 Mainland Chinese migrants; in contrast, in the first half of 2022, close to 9,000 Mainland Chinese migrants made the crossing.[2] Other usage: https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-e&channel=entpr&q=%22%E5%9C%B0%E5%9B%BE%E8%B5%B0%E7%BA%BF%22 -------------------------- Editor: ex. 美国右翼更长期对中国走线客怀有敌意，例如将他们描述成“中国间谍”。 偷渡、镣铐、遣返：印度人为美国梦冒险“走线” 在中共政治高压和经济困境之下，迫使一些中国人逃离大陆、寻求出路，除走线美国外，中国人正在尝试一条新的澳洲线路，他们会成功吗？ examples for the "route" sense: 如今的这条“走线”则更加凶险， 這條偷渡路徑，中國網民稱其為「走線」，其實過去就有一些中國的異議人士鋌而走險。 分享這條走線的細節， |
| Diff: |
# 走線 走线 [[zou3 xian4]] /to follow or walk along a route or path; (slang) illegal migration route/ + 走線 走线 [[zou3xian4]] /(neologism c. 2021) (slang) to illegally migrate (esp. from China to the U.S. via Latin America through high-risk routes)/a route of such illegal migration/ |