日 rì sun / day / date, day of the month syn 那天 nà tiān that day / the other day 经常 經常 jīng cháng frequently / constantly / regularly / often / day-to-day / everyday / daily syn 整天 zhěng tiān all day long / whole day syn 工 gōng work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor syn 功夫 gōng fu skill / art / kung fu / labor / effort syn 白天 bái tiān daytime / during the day / day / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 纪念日 紀念日 jì niàn rì day of commemoration / memorial day syn 日常 rì cháng day-to-day / daily / everyday syn 改天 gǎi tiān another day / some other time / to find another day (for appointment etc) / to take a rain check syn 工会 工會 gōng huì labor union / trade union / CL:個|个[ge4] 讨好 討好 tǎo hǎo to get the desired outcome / to win favor by fawning on sb / to curry favor with / a fruitful outcome to reward one's labor syn 人力 rén lì manpower / labor power syn 劳动 勞動 láo dòng work / toil / physical labor / CL:次[ci4] syn 工夫 gōng fu period of time (may be months, or mere seconds) / spare time / skill / labor / effort syn 一天到晚 yī tiān dào wǎn all day long / the whole day syn 劳工 勞工 láo gōng labor / laborer syn 结晶 結晶 jié jīng to crystallize / crystallization / crystal / crystalline / (fig.) the fruit (of labor etc) syn 整日 zhěng rì all day long / the whole day syn 日益 rì yì day by day / more and more / increasingly / more and more with each passing day syn 劳力 勞力 láo lì labor / able-bodied worker / laborer / work force syn 把头 把頭 bǎ tóu labor contractor / gangmaster syn 劳作 勞作 láo zuò work / manual labor syn 分工 fēn gōng to divide up the work / division of labor 日渐 日漸 rì jiàn to progress (or increase, change etc) day by day / more (or better etc) with each passing day syn 劳动节 勞動節 láo dòng jié International Labor Day (May Day) syn 劳动力 勞動力 láo dòng lì labor force / manpower syn 产房 產房 chǎn fáng delivery room (in hospital) / labor ward 阵痛 陣痛 zhèn tòng labor pains / (fig.) distress caused by a disruptive change 苦工 kǔ gōng hard labor (in penal code) / coolie syn 劳改 勞改 láo gǎi abbr. for 勞動改造|劳动改造[lao2 dong4 gai3 zao4] / reform through labor / laogai (prison camp) syn 当日 當日 dàng rì that very day / the same day syn 物力 wù lì physical resources (as opposed to labor resources) syn 引产 引產 yǐn chǎn to induce labor (childbirth) 痴心妄想 癡心妄想 chī xīn wàng xiǎng to be carried away by one's wishful thinking (idiom) / to labor under a delusion / wishful thinking syn 童工 tóng gōng child labor 活路 huó lu labor / physical work syn 改日 gǎi rì another day / some other day syn 劳教所 勞教所 láo jiào suǒ correctional institution / labor camp 劳役 勞役 láo yì forced labor / corvée (labor required of a serf) / animal labor syn 初一 chū yī first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school syn 日趋 日趨 rì qū (increasing) day by day / (more critical) with every passing day / gradually syn 脱皮 脫皮 tuō pí (of paint etc) to peel off / to flake off / (of an insect or snake etc) to molt / (of skin) to peel off due to hard labor, blistering or sunburn etc / (fig.) to go through a grueling experience syn 日月 rì yuè the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood syn 包工头 包工頭 bāo gōng tóu chief labor contractor 劳教 勞教 láo jiào reeducation through labor syn 佳期 jiā qī wedding day / day of tryst syn 大后天 大後天 dà hòu tiān three days from now / day after day after tomorrow 省力 shěng lì to save labor / to save effort syn 抵债 抵債 dǐ zhài to repay a debt in kind or by labor syn 艳阳天 艷陽天 yàn yáng tiān bright sunny day / blazing hot day 工党 工黨 gōng dǎng worker's party / labor party 吉日 jí rì propitious day / lucky day syn 差役 chāi yì forced labor of feudal tenant (corvée) / bailiff of feudal yamen syn 粗活 cū huó unskilled labor / heavy manual work 催生 cuī shēng to pressure a younger relative to hurry up and have a baby / (obstetrics) to induce labor / to expedite childbirth / (fig.) to be a driving force in bringing sth into existence syn 临盆 臨盆 lín pén at childbirth / in labor syn 苦役 kǔ yì forced labor / corvée / penal servitude 初二 chū èr 2nd year in junior middle school / 2nd day of a lunar month / 2nd day of lunar New Year 死缓 死緩 sǐ huǎn deferred death sentence / commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years (PRC) (legal) syn 江河日下 jiāng hé rì xià rivers pour away by the day (idiom) / going from bad to worse / deteriorating day by day syn 劳资 勞資 láo zī labor and capital / workers and capitalists 连日 連日 lián rì day after day / for several days running syn 脑力劳动 腦力勞動 nǎo lì láo dòng mental labor / intellectual work 逐日 zhú rì day-by-day / daily / on a daily basis syn 劳动合同 勞動合同 láo dòng hé tong labor contract / contract between employer and employees governing wages and conditions 成日 chéng rì all day long / the whole day / the whole time syn 体力劳动 體力勞動 tǐ lì láo dòng physical labor syn 人民团体 人民團體 rén mín tuán tǐ people's organization (e.g. labor unions, peasant associations, scholarly associations etc) / mass organization 光棍节 光棍節 guāng gùn jié Singles' Day (November 11), originally a day of activities for single people, but now also the world's biggest annual retail sales day 青年节 青年節 qīng nián jié Youth Day (May 4th), PRC national holiday for young people aged 14 to 28, who get half a day off 日臻 rì zhēn to reach day after day for 劳动教养 勞動教養 láo dòng jiào yǎng reeducation through labor 人工费 人工費 rén gōng fèi labor cost 产期 產期 chǎn qī time of birth / period of labor / lying-in 待产 待產 dài chǎn (of an expectant mother) to be in labor syn 劳务市场 勞務市場 láo wù shì chǎng labor market 植树节 植樹節 zhí shù jié Arbor Day (March 12th), also known as National Tree Planting Day 全民義務植樹日|全民义务植树日[Quan2 min2 Yi4 wu4 Zhi2 shu4 ri4] 劳动保险 勞動保險 láo dòng bǎo xiǎn labor insurance 国际劳动节 國際勞動節 guó jì láo dòng jié May Day / International Labor Day (May 1) 误工费 誤工費 wù gōng fèi cost of lost labor 劳委会 勞委會 láo wěi huì labor committee / abbr. for 勞動委員會|劳动委员会 流水账 流水賬 liú shuǐ zhàng day-to-day account / current account 价值量 價值量 jià zhí liàng magnitude of value / labor value (in economics, the labor inherent in a commodity) 役使 yì shǐ to put to work (servant or animal) / to make use of for labor syn 七夕节 七夕節 qī xī jié Qixi Festival or Double Seven Festival on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month / girls' festival / Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女[niu2 lang3 zhi1 nu:3] are allowed their annual meeting 国际劳工组织 國際勞工組織 guó jì láo gōng zǔ zhī International Labor Organization 徭役 yáo yì forced labor / corvee syn 劳 勞 láo (bound form) to toil / labor / (bound form) laborer / (bound form) meritorious deed / (bound form) fatigue / to put sb to the trouble (of doing sth) / to express one's appreciation (Taiwan pr. [lao4]) syn 日复一日 日復一日 rì fù yī rì day after day 役 yì forced labor / corvée / obligatory task / military service / to use as servant / to enserf / servant (old) / war / campaign / battle syn 催产 催產 cuī chǎn to induce labor / to expedite childbirth syn 苦活 kǔ huó bitter work / sweated labor syn 剥削者 剝削者 bō xuē zhě exploiter (of labor) 卖力气 賣力氣 mài lì qi to make a living doing manual labor / to give sth all one's got 五刑 wǔ xíng imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4] / Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3] 半脱产 半脫產 bàn tuō chǎn partly released from productive labor / partly released from one's regular work 脂膏 zhī gāo fat / grease / riches / fortune / fruits of one's labor syn 劬 qú labor 