Lingaku- fig. people who cannot afford to buy their own house
Generated definitions (experimental)
- people who cannot afford to buy their own house
This term is used metaphorically to describe individuals or families who lack the financial means to purchase their own home, often highlighting issues of affordability and housing inequality.
Many people in big cities are referred to as shell-less snails.
suí zhe随着fáng jià房价de的shàng zhǎng上涨，yuè lái yuè越来越duō多de的nián qīng rén年轻人biàn chéng变成le了wú ké wō niú无壳蜗牛。
With rising housing prices, more and more young people have become shell-less snails.
Generated collocations (experimental)
wú无qiào壳wō蜗Niú牛zú族people who belong to the "snail without a shell" groupwú ké wō niú无壳蜗牛xiàn xiàng现象the phenomenon of people unable to afford housingchéng wéi成为wú ké wō niú无壳蜗牛to become someone who cannot afford a housewú ké wō niú无壳蜗牛wèn tí问题the issue of housing affordabilitywú ké wō niú无壳蜗牛xīn tài心态the mindset of those unable to purchase a homewú ké wō niú无壳蜗牛shēng huó生活the life of people who cannot buy a housewú ké wō niú无壳蜗牛bǐ lì比例the proportion of people unable to buy homesguān zhù关注wú ké wō niú无壳蜗牛to pay attention to those who are unable to afford housingwú ké wō niú无壳蜗牛kùn jìng困境the predicament of not being able to buy a homewú ké wō niú无壳蜗牛zhèng cè政策policies addressing the needs of those who cannot afford housing