Mínguó shíqī, rénlìchēfū shì dà chéngshì chángjiàn de zhíyè.
In the Republican era, rickshaw pullers were a common occupation in big cities.
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Human-pulled rickshaws were the dominant urban transport in Beijing, Shanghai, and Tianjin from the late Qing through the 1940s. They were largely phased out after 1949; 三轮车 (sānlúnchē, pedicab) replaced them.