劳工
láo gōng
Pinyin

Definition

劳工
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láo gōng
  1. labor
  2. laborer

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

员工
yuán gōng
  1. 1 staff
  2. 2 personnel
  3. 3 employee
工作
gōng zuò
  1. 1 to work
  2. 2 (of a machine) to operate
  3. 3 job
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 task
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè],份[fèn],項|项[xiàng]
工资
gōng zī
  1. 1 wages
  2. 2 pay
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè],份[fèn],月[yuè]
人工
rén gōng
  1. 1 artificial
  2. 2 manpower
  3. 3 manual work
做工
zuò gōng
  1. 1 to work with one's hands
  2. 2 manual work
  3. 3 workmanship
分工
fēn gōng
  1. 1 to divide up the work
  2. 2 division of labor
加工
jiā gōng
  1. 1 to process
  2. 2 processing
  3. 3 working (of machinery)
务工
wù gōng
  1. 1 to work as a laborer
化工
huà gōng
  1. 1 chemical industry, abbr. of 化學工業|化学工业[huà xué gōng yè]
  2. 2 chemical engineering, abbr. of 化學工程|化学工程[huà xué gōng chéng]
完工
wán gōng
  1. 1 to finish work
  2. 2 to complete a project
工
gōng
  1. 1 work
  2. 2 worker
  3. 3 skill
  4. 4 profession
  5. 5 trade
  6. 6 craft
  7. 7 labor
工人
gōng rén
  1. 1 worker
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],名[míng]
工作室
gōng zuò shì
  1. 1 studio
  2. 2 workshop
工作日
gōng zuò rì
  1. 1 workday
  2. 2 working day
  3. 3 weekday
工作服
gōng zuò fú
  1. 1 work clothes
工作狂
gōng zuò kuáng
  1. 1 workaholic
工作者
gōng zuò zhě
  1. 1 worker
工作量
gōng zuò liàng
  1. 1 workload
  2. 2 volume of work
工伤
gōng shāng
  1. 1 industrial injury
工具
gōng jù
  1. 1 tool
  2. 2 instrument
  3. 3 utensil
  4. 4 means (to achieve a goal etc)

Idioms (8)

偷工减料
tōu gōng jiǎn liào
  1. 1 to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom)
  2. 2 jerry-building
  3. 3 sloppy work
工欲善其事，必先利其器
gōng yù shàn qí shì , bì xiān lì qí qì
  1. 1 To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job
异曲同工
yì qǔ tóng gōng
  1. 1 different tunes played with equal skill (idiom)
  2. 2 different methods leading to the same result
  3. 3 different approach but equally satisfactory outcome
磨刀不误砍柴工
mó dāo bù wù kǎn chái gōng
  1. 1 lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. time invested in preparations is not lost
  3. 3 a beard well lathered is half shaved
神工鬼斧
shén gōng guǐ fǔ
  1. 1 supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods
  2. 2 uncanny workmanship
  3. 3 superlative craftsmanship
良工心苦
liáng gōng xīn kǔ
  1. 1 expert craft from hard practice (idiom); hard-won skill
  2. 2 A masterpiece demands suffering.
马工枚速
Mǎ gōng Méi sù
  1. 1 Sima Xiangru is meticulous and Mei Gao is fast (idiom)
  2. 2 to each his good points
鬼斧神工
guǐ fǔ shén gōng
  1. 1 supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods
  2. 2 uncanny workmanship
  3. 3 superlative craftsmanship

Sample Sentences

嗯，在游戏里，劳工开始是过着奴隶般的悲惨生活，但最后也可以靠淘金发财，甚至反过来变成监工或者铁路运营商。总之，有无限多的可能！
en ，zài yóuxì lǐ ，láogōng kāishǐ shì guò zhe núlì bān dē bēicǎn shēnghuó ，dàn zuìhòu yě kěyǐ kào táojīn fācái ，shènzhì fǎnguòlai biànchéng jiāngōng huòzhě tiělù yùnyíngshāng 。zǒngzhī ，yǒu wúxiàn duō de kěnéng ！
Hmm... at the beginning of the game, the laborers live miserably, like slaves. But in the end, they can find gold and get rich, and even turn around and become foremen or railroad operators. Basically, the sky's the limit!
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不一定喔，假如你是公司老板或是像我一样台风假不支薪的劳工，肯定都不爱台风假。
bù yīdìng ō ，jiǎrú nǐ shì gōngsī lǎobǎn huòshì xiàng wǒ yīyàng táifēngjià bù zhīxīn de láogōng ，kěndìng dōu bù ài táifēngjià 。
Not necessarily, if you're the boss of a company or if you're a labourer like me that doesn't get paid for typhoon days, you definitely wouldn't like typhoon days.
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应该是劳工知道怎么去捍卫自己的权益，跟资方或是政府抗争吧，在东方社会罢工就很难成功。
yīnggāi shì láogōng zhīdào zěnme qù hànwèi zìjǐ de quányì ，gēn zīfāng huòshì zhèngfǔ kàngzhēng ba ，zài dōngfāng shèhuì bàgōng jiù hěn nán chénggōng 。
I think it is because workers know how to protect their rights and interests. It's a lot harder in eastern societies to successfully stand up to your employer or the government.
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一点也没错。可能我不是资方或是政府所以我会这样说，但我觉得欧洲的劳工真的很有种。
yīdiǎn yě méi cuò 。kěnéng wǒ bùshì zīfāng huòshì zhèngfǔ suǒyǐ wǒ huì zhèyàng shuō ，dàn wǒ juéde Ōuzhōu de láogōng zhēnde hěn yǒuzhǒng 。
You're completely right. Maybe it's because I'm not an employer or the government that I say this, but I think European workers are really courageous.
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妇女节的起源就是女性劳工开始争取在工作上、劳动上的权利。
fùnǚjié de qǐyuán jiùshì nǚxìng láogōng kāishǐ zhēngqǔ zài gōngzuòshàng 、láodòngshàng de quánlì 。
Women's day originated from the fight for women's work and labour rights.
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