工 gōng work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor syn 功夫 gōng fu skill / art / kung fu / labor / effort 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 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 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 劳动节 勞動節 láo dòng jié International Labor Day (May Day) syn 不遗余力 不遺餘力 bù yí yú lì to spare no pains or effort (idiom) / to do one's utmost 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 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 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 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 不厌其烦 不厭其煩 bù yàn qí fán not to mind taking all the trouble (idiom) / to take great pains / to be very patient syn 苦心 kǔ xīn painstaking effort / to take a lot of trouble / laborious at pains 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 包工头 包工頭 bāo gōng tóu chief labor contractor 劳教 勞教 láo jiào reeducation through labor syn 万金油 萬金油 wàn jīn yóu Tiger Balm, an ointment applied topically to treat all manner of aches and pains / (fig.) (coll.) jack of all trades syn 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 工党 工黨 gōng dǎng worker's party / labor party 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 死缓 死緩 sǐ huǎn deferred death sentence / commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years (PRC) (legal) syn 周章 zhōu zhāng (literary) effort / trouble / pains (to get sth done) / (literary) frightened / terrified 劳资 勞資 láo zī labor and capital / workers and capitalists 脑力劳动 腦力勞動 nǎo lì láo dòng mental labor / intellectual work 劳动合同 勞動合同 láo dòng hé tong labor contract / contract between employer and employees governing wages and conditions 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 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 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 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 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 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) 病苦 bìng kǔ pains (of illness) / sufferings (esp. in Buddhism) 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] 散工 sǎn gōng day labor / piece-time work 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 繇 yáo folk-song / forced labor syn 劳动改造 勞動改造 láo dòng gǎi zào reeducation through labor / laogai (prison camp) syn 奴工 nú gōng slave labor / slave worker 抵账 抵賬 dǐ zhàng to repay a debt in kind or by labor syn 变工 變工 biàn gōng to exchange labor / labor exchange (system of sharing workforce resources) 劳动营 勞動營 láo dòng yíng labor camp / prison camp with hard labor 诱导分娩 誘導分娩 yòu dǎo fēn miǎn to induce labor (i.e. childbirth) / labor induction 刻苦努力 kè kǔ nǔ lì assiduous / taking great pains 大费周章 大費周章 dà fèi zhōu zhāng to take great pains / to go to a lot of trouble 费尽心思 費盡心思 fèi jìn xīn si to rack one's brains (idiom) / to take great pains to think sth through 好了伤疤忘了疼 好了傷疤忘了疼 hǎo le shāng bā wàng le téng to forget past pains once the wound has healed (idiom) 半劳动力 半勞動力 bàn láo dòng lì one able to do light manual labor only / semi-able-bodied or part time (farm) worker syn 厚生劳动省 厚生勞動省 hòu shēng láo dòng shěng Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (Japan) 以色列工党 以色列工黨 yǐ sè liè gōng dǎng Labor (Israel) 五七干校 五七幹校 wǔ qī gàn xiào May 7 cadre school (farm where urban cadres had to undertake manual labor and study ideology during the Cultural Revolution) (abbr. for 五七幹部學校|五七干部学校[Wu3 Qi1 Gan4 bu4 Xue2 xiao4]) 五七干部学校 五七幹部學校 wǔ qī gàn bù xué xiào May 7 Cadre School (farm where urban cadres had to undertake manual labor and study ideology during the Cultural Revolution) (abbr. to 五七幹校|五七干校[Wu3 Qi1 Gan4 xiao4]) 以身抵债 以身抵債 yǐ shēn dǐ zhài forced labor to repay a debt 做生活 zuò shēng huó to work / to do manual labor 催生婆 cuī shēng pó midwife who induces labor 働 dòng labor / work (Japanese kokuji) 劦 xié variant of 協|协[xie2] / to cooperate / combined labor 劳改营 勞改營 láo gǎi yíng correctional labor camp 劳资关系 勞資關係 láo zī guān xì industrial relations / relations between labor and capital 劳雇 勞雇 láo gù labor and employer 劳雇关系 勞雇關係 láo gù guān xì relations between labor and employer / industrial relations 强迫劳动 強迫勞動 qiǎng pò láo dòng forced labor (as punishment in criminal case) 打短儿 打短兒 dǎ duǎn r casual labor / to work for a bit syn 