wallah

• n. 要人；经办业务人

来自印度语。

1. usually in combination: person in charge of or employed at a particular thing;

"a kitchen wallah"

"the book wallah"

wallah (n.)

also walla, "person employed (in some specified business)," Anglo-Indian, from Hindi -wala, suffix forming adjectives with the sense "pertaining to, connected with;" the functional equivalent of English -er (1). Europeans took it to mean "man, fellow" and began using it as a word.

This man is a rickshaw wallah and he works hard to raise his family.

这个人是拉黄包车的,他努力干活养活家人.

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