daigou
noun [ C ] uk/?da?.ɡ??/ us/?da?.ɡo?/ daigou
（在中国境外为住在中国的人）代购
someone who is outside China who buys goods for someone who lives in China
Mrs Chen is a professional daigou, an overseas shopper who buys luxury items like jewellery, clothes and cosmetics for mainland Chinese. 陈女士是一位专业代购员，她在海外购物，为中国大陆人采买珠宝、服装和化妆品等奢侈品。
More than a million people globally are now working as daigou. 现在全球有一百多万人从事代购工作。
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- A daigou makes his or her money by charging a small fee to the people buying the products.
- An Australian daigou makes $1000 per week profit sending formula milk and baby products to China.
- Thousands of Chinese daigou shoppers make a living in Australia.