工作 gōng zuò to work / (of a machine) to operate / job / work / task / CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4] syn 手 shǒu hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] syn 重 zhòng heavy / serious / to attach importance to syn 上班 shàng bān to go to work / to be on duty / to start work / to go to the office syn 下班 xià bān to finish work / to get off work / next service (train, bus, etc) syn 酗酒 xù jiǔ heavy drinking / to get drunk / to drink to excess syn 大块头 大塊頭 dà kuài tóu heavy man / fat man / lunkhead / lummox / lug syn 沉重 chén zhòng heavy / hard / serious / critical syn 满怀 滿懷 mǎn huái to have one's heart filled with / (to collide) full on / (of farm animals) heavy with young syn 单干 單幹 dān gàn to work on one's own / to work single-handed / individual farming syn 重金属 重金屬 zhòng jīn shǔ heavy metal 大雨 dà yǔ heavy rain / CL:場|场[chang2] syn 齐心协力 齊心協力 qí xīn xié lì to work with a common purpose (idiom) / to make concerted efforts / to pull together / to work as one syn 沉闷 沉悶 chén mèn oppressive (of weather) / heavy / depressed / not happy / (of sound) dull / muffled syn 评分 評分 píng fēn to grade / to mark (student's work) / grade / score (of student's work) 重担 重擔 zhòng dàn heavy burden / difficult task / great responsibility syn 重型 zhòng xíng heavy / heavy duty / large caliber syn 重创 重創 zhòng chuāng to inflict heavy losses / to inflict serious damage syn 重任 zhòng rèn heavy responsibility syn 同心协力 同心協力 tóng xīn xié lì to work with a common purpose (idiom) / to make concerted efforts / to pull together / to work as one syn 焦头烂额 焦頭爛額 jiāo tóu làn é lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom) / fig. hard-pressed / under pressure (from a heavy workload, creditors etc) syn 帷幕 wéi mù heavy curtain syn 出勤 chū qín to go to work / to be present (at work, school etc) / to be away on business syn 做工 zuò gōng to work with one's hands / manual work / workmanship syn 机师 機師 jī shī (aviation) pilot / (heavy machinery) operator 负重 負重 fù zhòng (lit. and fig.) to carry a heavy load / to carry a heavy burden syn 笨重 bèn zhòng heavy / cumbersome / unwieldy / laborious / arduous syn 重物 zhòng wù heavy object 繁重 fán zhòng heavy / burdensome / heavy-duty / arduous / onerous syn 烟鬼 煙鬼 yān guǐ heavy smoker / chain smoker syn 厚重 hòu zhòng thick / heavy / thickset (body) / massive / generous / extravagant / profound / dignified syn 重磅 zhòng bàng (of a bomb) powerful / (of news) impactful / significant / (of fabric) heavy-duty 耕耘 gēng yún plowing and weeding / farm work / fig. to work or study diligently syn 埋头苦干 埋頭苦幹 mái tóu kǔ gàn to bury oneself in work (idiom) / to be engrossed in work / to make an all-out effort / up to the neck in work syn 重武器 zhòng wǔ qì heavy weapon 浓郁 濃郁 nóng yù rich / strong / heavy (fragrance) / dense / full-bodied / intense syn 重机枪 重機槍 zhòng jī qiāng heavy machine gun 上工 shàng gōng to go to work / to start work syn 重负 重負 zhòng fù heavy load / heavy burden (also fig. of tax) syn 重水 zhòng shuǐ heavy water (chemistry) 重炮 重砲 zhòng pào heavy artillery 挑大梁 tiǎo dà liáng to play a leading role / to bear a heavy responsibility syn 浓重 濃重 nóng zhòng dense / thick / strong / rich (colors) / heavy (aroma) / deep (friendship) / profound (effect) syn 干涩 乾澀 gān sè dry and rough (skin) / hoarse (voice) / dry and heavy (style) syn 起重 qǐ zhòng to lift (sth heavy) using a crane or other mechanical means 重压 重壓 zhòng yā high pressure / bearing a heavy weight 任重道远 任重道遠 rèn zhòng dào yuǎn a heavy load and a long road / fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7) syn 粗活 cū huó unskilled labor / heavy manual work 凝重 níng zhòng dignified / grave (expression) / imposing (attitude) / heavy (atmosphere) / (music etc) deep and resounding syn 工种 工種 gōng zhǒng kind of work in production (e.g. benchwork, foundry work etc) 山洪 shān hóng deluge caused by torrential water flow off a mountain after heavy rain or snowmelt syn 返工 fǎn gōng to do poorly done work over again / (Guangdong dialect) to go to work 苦功 kǔ gōng hard work / laborious effort / painstaking work 沉甸甸 chén diàn diàn heavy syn 重载 重載 zhòng zài heavy load (on a truck) 勤工俭学 勤工儉學 qín gōng jiǎn xué to work part-time while studying / work-study program syn 栋梁 棟梁 dòng liáng ridgepole / ridgepole and beams / person able to bear heavy responsibility / mainstay (of organization) / pillar (of state) syn 咕咚 gū dōng splash / (onom.) for heavy things falling down syn 左邻右舍 左鄰右舍 zuǒ lín yòu shè neighbors / next-door neighbors / related work units / colleagues doing related work syn 车水马龙 車水馬龍 chē shuǐ mǎ lóng endless stream of horse and carriages (idiom) / heavy traffic syn 半工半读 半工半讀 bàn gōng bàn dú part work, part study / work-study program syn 误工 誤工 wù gōng to be late for or absent from work / to disrupt one's work / to cause a holdup in the work / loss of working time / a holdup syn 工分 gōng fēn work point (measure of work completed in a rural commune in the PRC during the planned economy era) syn 重工 zhòng gōng heavy industry 重工业 重工業 zhòng gōng yè heavy industry / manufacturing 政工 zhèng gōng political work / ideological work syn 重油 zhòng yóu (petrochemistry) heavy oil / fuel oil 任重 rèn zhòng a load / a heavy burden 浓妆 濃妝 nóng zhuāng heavy makeup and gaudy dress 血雨 xuè yǔ rain of blood / heavy rain colored by loess sandstorm 聚敛 聚斂 jù liǎn to accumulate / to gather / to amass wealth by heavy taxation or other unscrupulous means / (science) convergent syn 痛击 痛擊 tòng jī to deliver a punishing attack / to deal a heavy blow 重卡 zhòng kǎ heavy truck (abbr. for 重型卡車|重型卡车) 重责 重責 zhòng zé heavy responsibility / serious criticism 水电工 水電工 shuǐ diàn gōng plumbing and electrical work / tradesman who does both plumbing and electrical work 赶工 趕工 gǎn gōng to work against the clock / to hurry with work to get it done in time 轻水 輕水 qīng shuǐ light water (as opposed to heavy water) / see light water reactor 輕水反應堆|轻水反应堆 浩繁 hào fán vast / voluminous / many and varied / numerous / extensive amount of / exhaustive / heavy (expenditure) / arduous / strenuous / exhausting / draining / burdensome syn 搬 bān to move (i.e. relocate oneself) / to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky) / to shift / to copy indiscriminately syn 盘 盤 pán tray / plate / dish / (finance) (bound form) market prices / (computing) (bound form) disk / to coil (a rope, pigtail etc) / to check / to examine / to investigate / to transfer / to sell (property) / to shift / to move (sth big and heavy) / classifier for things resembling a plate or dish / classifier for coils / classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc) syn 沉 chén to submerge / to immerse / to sink / to keep down / to lower / to drop / deep / profound / heavy syn 抡 掄 lūn to swing (one's arms, a heavy object) / to wave (a sword, one's fists) / to fling (money) syn 度日如年 dù rì rú nián a day drags past like a year (idiom) / time hangs heavy / time crawls when one is wretched syn 憨 hān silly / simple-minded / foolish / naive / sturdy / tough / heavy (of rope) syn 粗笨 cū bèn awkward / clumsy / unwieldy / heavy-handed syn 潦 lǎo flooded / heavy rain 饧 餳 xíng maltose syrup / molasses / heavy (eyelids) / drowsy-eyed / listless / (of dough, candy etc) to soften / to become soft and sticky syn 氘 dāo deuterium 2H / heavy hydrogen, isotope of hydrogen having 1 neutron in its nucleus, so atomic weight 2 雱 páng heavy fall of rain or snow 霪 yín heavy rain 绋 紼 fú heavy rope / rope of a bier syn 事 shì matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2] syn 干 幹 gàn tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed syn 活 huó to live / alive / living / work / workmanship syn 表现 表現 biǎo xiàn to show / to show off / to display / to manifest / expression / manifestation / show / display / performance (at work etc) / behavior syn 不行 bù xíng won't do / be out of the question / be no good / not work / not be capable syn 合作 hé zuò to cooperate / to collaborate / to work together syn 侦探 偵探 zhēn tàn detective / to do detective work syn 作品 zuò pǐn work (of art) / opus / CL:部[bu4],篇[pian1] syn 