以工代赈 in English yi3 gong1 dai4 zhen4 Meaning

Meanings

  • to provide work to relieve poverty

Simplified Characters

以 工 代 赈

Traditional Characters

以 工 代 賑

Pinyin

yi3 gong1 dai4 zhen4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

以yi3old variant of 以[yi3] 工gong1work 代dai4to substitute 赈zhen4to provide relief