员工 員工 yuán gōng staff / personnel / employee syn 开除 開除 kāi chú to expel (a member of an organization) / to fire (an employee) syn 直播 zhí bō (TV, radio) to broadcast live / live broadcast / (Internet) to livestream / (agriculture) direct seeding 雇员 雇員 gù yuán employee 录取 錄取 lù qǔ to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam / to admit (a student) / to hire (a job candidate) syn 花瓶 huā píng flower vase / (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent) syn 开销 開銷 kāi xiāo to pay (expenses) / expenses / (old) to dismiss (an employee) syn 业绩 業績 yè jì achievement / accomplishment / (in more recent usage) performance (of a business, employee etc) / results syn 录用 錄用 lù yòng to hire (an employee) / to accept (a manuscript) for publication syn 寄生 jì shēng to live in or on another organism as a parasite / to live by taking advantage of others / parasitism / parasitic 职工 職工 zhí gōng employee / staff member / worker syn 独居 獨居 dú jū to live alone / to live a solitary existence 小妹 xiǎo mèi little sister / girl / (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc) 解聘 jiě pìn to dismiss an employee / to sack syn 闲杂 閑雜 xián zá (employee) having no fixed duties 打工仔 dǎ gōng zǎi young worker / employee / young male worker 高职 高職 gāo zhí vocational higher education institution (abbr. for 高等職業技術學校|高等职业技术学校[gao1 deng3 zhi2 ye4 ji4 shu4 xue2 xiao4]) / senior academic or professional title (abbr. for 高級職稱|高级职称[gao1 ji2 zhi2 cheng1]) / high-ranking employee (abbr. for 高級職員|高级职员[gao1 ji2 zhi2 yuan2]) / (Tw) vocational high school 从业人员 從業人員 cóng yè rén yuán employee / person employed in a trade or profession 政府官员 政府官員 zhèng fǔ guān yuán government employee 做官 zuò guān to take an official post / to become a government employee syn 升上 shēng shàng (of an employee) to be promoted to (a higher rank) / (of a student) to enter (a higher grade at school) 扶正 fú zhèng to set sth upright or straight / to promote an employee from part-time to full-time (or from deputy to principal) / (old) to raise from concubine to wife status 打卡 dǎ kǎ (of an employee) to clock on (or off) / to punch in (or out) / (on social media) to check in to a location 白头偕老 白頭偕老 bái tóu xié lǎo (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom) / to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss / until death do us part syn 代扣 dài kòu to withhold tax (from employee's salary) 客居 kè jū to live in a foreign place / to live somewhere as a guest syn 转调 轉調 zhuǎn diào (music) to change key / modulation / (of an employee) to be transferred to another post syn 辞掉 辭掉 cí diào to quit (one's job) / to dismiss (an employee) syn 撸 擼 lū (dialect) to rub one's hand along / to fire (an employee) / to reprimand 吃皇粮 吃皇糧 chī huáng liáng lit. to eat from government coffers / to serve as a government employee / to live off government money 查岗 查崗 chá gǎng to check the guard posts / (coll.) to check up on sb (spouse, employee etc) 过 過 guò to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too- syn 住 zhù to live / to dwell / to stay / to reside / to stop / (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt) syn 生活 shēng huó to live / life / livelihood syn 活 huó to live / alive / living / work / workmanship syn 处 處 chǔ to reside / to live / to dwell / to be in / to be situated at / to stay / to get along with / to be in a position of / to deal with / to discipline / to punish syn 享受 xiǎng shòu to enjoy / to live it up / pleasure / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 万岁 萬歲 wàn suì Long live (the king, the revolution etc)! / Your Majesty / His Majesty syn 上门 上門 shàng mén to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn 居住 jū zhù to reside / to dwell / to live in a place / resident in syn 独处 獨處 dú chǔ to live alone / to spend time alone (or with a significant other) 鬼混 guǐ hùn to hang around / to fool around / to live aimlessly syn 永生 yǒng shēng to live forever / eternal life / all one's life 同居 tóng jū to live together / to cohabit syn 过日子 過日子 guò rì zi to live one's life / to pass one's days / to get along syn 进城 進城 jìn chéng to go to town / to enter a big city (to live or work) 实践 實踐 shí jiàn practice / to put into practice / to live up to (a promise) / to carry out (a project) syn 分居 fēn jū to separate (married couple) / to live apart (of husband and wife, family members) 辜负 辜負 gū fù to fail to live up (to expectations) / unworthy (of trust) / to let down / to betray (hopes) / to disappoint 求生 qiú shēng to seek survival / to possess the will to live syn 穴居 xué jū to live in a cave / (of animals) to be of burrowing habit 生机 生機 shēng jī opportunity to live / hope of success / vigor / vitality syn 隐居 隱居 yǐn jū to live in seclusion syn 实况 實況 shí kuàng live (e.g. broadcast or recording) / what is actually happening / scene / the real situation syn 痛不欲生 tòng bù yù shēng to be so in pain as to not want to live / to be so grieved as to wish one were dead syn 鲜活 鮮活 xiān huó vivid / lively / (of food ingredients) live or fresh syn 插队 插隊 chā duì to cut in line / to jump a queue / to live on a rural community (during the Cultural Revolution) syn 栖身 棲身 qī shēn to stay at / to live in (temporarily) syn 实弹 實彈 shí dàn live ammunition 居家 jū jiā to live at home / to stay at home / home (schooling etc) / in-home (care etc) / household (repairs etc) / living (environment etc) syn 相安无事 相安無事 xiāng ān wú shì (idiom) to live together in harmony syn 你死我活 nǐ sǐ wǒ huó lit. you die, I live (idiom) / irreconcilable adversaries / two parties cannot coexist syn 火线 火線 huǒ xiàn firing line (battle) / live electrical wire syn 偷生 tōu shēng to live without purpose syn 存亡 cún wáng to live or die / to exist or perish syn 分家 fēn jiā to separate and live apart / division of a large family into smaller groups 享年 xiǎng nián to live to the (ripe) age of 享福 xiǎng fú to live comfortably / happy and prosperous life syn 寄居 jì jū to live away from home syn 群居 qún jū to live together (in a large group or flock) syn 作客 zuò kè to live somewhere as a visitor / to stay with sb as a guest / to sojourn syn 带电 帶電 dài diàn to be electrified / to be charged / to be live 安居乐业 安居樂業 ān jū lè yè to live in peace and work happily (idiom) syn 省吃俭用 省吃儉用 shěng chī jiǎn yòng to live frugally syn 守寡 shǒu guǎ to live as widow / to observe widowhood syn 生息 shēng xī to inhabit / to live (in a habitat) syn 养尊处优 養尊處優 yǎng zūn chǔ yōu to live like a prince (idiom) syn 实景 實景 shí jǐng real scene (not set up or posed) / real location (not a film studio set or theater) / live action (not animation) syn 安居 ān jū to settle down / to live peacefully syn 归隐 歸隱 guī yǐn to go back to one's native place and live in seclusion syn 玉兔 yù tù the Jade Hare (legendary rabbit said to live in the Moon) / the Moon syn 蜗居 蝸居 wō jū humble abode / to live (in a tiny, cramped space) syn 侨居 僑居 qiáo jū to live far away from one's native place / to reside in a foreign country syn 拉练 拉練 lā liàn (military) to undergo field training (camping, bivouacking, route marching, live fire practice etc) / (sports) to get into peak condition by competing overseas 打游击 打游擊 dǎ yóu jī to wage guerrilla warfare / to fight as a guerrilla / (fig.) (coll.) to live or eat at no fixed place syn 节衣缩食 節衣縮食 jié yī suō shí to save on food and clothing (idiom) / to live frugally syn 越冬 yuè dōng to pass the winter / to overwinter / to live through the winter 散居 sǎn jū (of a group of people) to live scattered over an area 量体裁衣 量體裁衣 liáng tǐ cái yī lit. measure the body then tailor the suit (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances / To live within one's means. 入赘 入贅 rù zhuì to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn 火炭 huǒ tàn live coal / ember / burning coals 离家出走 離家出走 lí jiā chū zǒu to leave home (to live somewhere else) 不争气 不爭氣 bù zhēng qì to be disappointing / to fail to live up to expectations 过活 過活 guò huó to live one's life / to make a living syn 活体 活體 huó tǐ living body / live specimen 招亲 招親 zhāo qīn to invite the groom (who will live with the bride's family) / to take a wife by one's own choice syn 侗族 dòng zú Kam people, who live mostly in southern China and in the north of Laos and Vietnam 流离 流離 liú lí homeless and miserable / forced to leave home and wander from place to place / to live as a refugee 不共戴天 bù gòng dài tiān (of enemies) cannot live under the same sky / absolutely irreconcilable syn 