English▸ noun
(plural same or daigous)
a person outside China who buys consumer goods on behalf of people living in China, in situations where particular goods are not available or are more expensive in China itself: one daigou sends up to 60 tins of baby formula and up to 40 bottles of vitamins to China every week.
– ORIGIN Chinese, dàigòu, literally ‘buy on somebody's behalf’.