一家 yī jiā the whole family / the same family / the family ... (when preceded by a family name) / group 无报酬家庭工人 wú bào chóu jiā tíng gōng rén unpaid family worker 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 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 做牛做马 做牛做馬 zuò niú zuò mǎ lit. to work like an ox, to work like a horse / fig. to work extremely hard 携家带口 攜家帶口 xié jiā dài kǒu (idiom) to take all one's family along / encumbered by a family / tied down by family obligations syn 携家带眷 攜家帶眷 xié jiā dài juàn to take all one's family along (idiom) / encumbered by a family / tied down by family obligations 芸香科 yún xiāng kē (botany) family Rutaceae (rue family, aka citrus family) 扩大家庭 擴大家庭 extended family / composite family / joint family 复合家庭 複合家庭 extended family / composite family / joint family 组合家庭 組合家庭 extended family / composite family / joint family 一家人不说两家话 一家人不說兩家話 yī jiā rén bù shuō liǎng jiā huà lit. family members speak frankly with one another, not courteously, as if they were from two different families (idiom) / fig. people don't need to be deferential when they ask a family member for help / people from the same family should stick together (and good friends likewise) 未完税交货 未完稅交貨 wèi wán shuì jiāo huò delivered duty unpaid 欧洲持家妇女联合会 歐洲持家婦女聯合會 European Federation of Unpaid Parents and Carers at Home 未缴摊款特别账户 未繳攤款特別賬戶 Special Account for Unpaid Assessed Contributions 无报酬的贡献 無報酬的貢獻 unpaid contribution 无薪假 無薪假 wú xīn jià unpaid leave / leave without pay 讨薪 討薪 tǎo xīn to seek unpaid wages 工作 gōng zuò to work / (of a machine) to operate / job / work / task / CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4] syn 评分 評分 píng fēn to grade / to mark (student's work) / grade / score (of student's work) 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 做工 zuò gōng to work with one's hands / manual work / workmanship syn 耕耘 gēng yún plowing and weeding / farm work / fig. to work or study diligently syn 工分 gōng fēn work point (measure of work completed in a rural commune in the PRC during the planned economy era) syn 工种 工種 gōng zhǒng kind of work in production (e.g. benchwork, foundry work etc) 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 勤工俭学 勤工儉學 qín gōng jiǎn xué to work part-time while studying / work-study program syn 政工 zhèng gōng political work / ideological work syn 返工 fǎn gōng to do poorly done work over again / (Guangdong dialect) to go to work 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 出勤 chū qín to go to work / to be present (at work, school etc) / to be away on business 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 苦功 kǔ gōng hard work / laborious effort / painstaking work 上工 shàng gōng to go to work / to start work syn 单干 單幹 dān gàn to work on one's own / to work single-handed / individual farming 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 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 半工半读 半工半讀 bàn gōng bàn dú part work, part study / work-study program syn 堆案盈几 duī àn yíng jī lit. piles of work and papers (idiom) / fig. accumulated backlog of work 文艺作品 文藝作品 wén yì zuò pǐn literary work / art work 脱皮掉肉 脫皮掉肉 tuō pí diào ròu lit. to shed skin, drop flesh / to work as hard as possible / to work one's butt off 连轴转 連軸轉 lián zhóu zhuàn (coll.) to work non-stop / to work around the clock syn 生物多样性公约保护区工作方桉 生物多樣性公約保護區工作方案 Convention on Biological Diversity Programme of Work on Protected Areas / Programme of Work on Protected Areas 内罗毕工作方桉 內羅畢工作方案 Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change / Nairobi Work Programme 机构间工作领域工作组 機構間工作領域工作組 Inter-Agency Task Team on the World of Work / IATT on the World of Work 联合国及其合作伙伴苏丹工作计划 聯合國及其合作夥伴蘇丹工作計劃 United Nations and Partners' Work Plan for Sudan / Work Plan for Sudan 苏丹工作计划 蘇丹工作計劃 United Nations and Partners' Work Plan for Sudan / Work Plan for Sudan 做工作 zuò gōng zuò to do one's work / to work on sb / to try to persuade sb 包活 bāo huó job paid according to the amount of work done / contract work 翘班 翹班 qiào bān to skip work / to sneak out of work early 下工 xià gōng to knock off (at the end of a day's work) / to finish work syn 接活 jiē huó to take on a piece of work / to pick up some freelance work / (of a taxi driver) to pick up a fare 工读 工讀 gōng dú (of a student) to work part-time (while continuing one's studies) / (of a delinquent) to be reformed through work and study 东方不亮西方亮 東方不亮西方亮 dōng fāng bù liàng xī fāng liàng if it isn't bright in the east, it'll be bright in the west (idiom) / if something doesn't work here, it might work somewhere else 融梗 róng gěng (neologism c. 2018) to incorporate ideas or material from sb else's creative work in one's own work 工签 工簽 gōng qiān work visa / work permit (abbr. for 工作簽證|工作签证[gong1 zuo4 qian1 zheng4]) 内勤 內勤 nèi qín clerical work in the office / office work / office staff / clerk 从警 從警 cóng jǐng to work as a police officer / to engage in police work 兼顾 兼顧 jiān gù to handle two or more responsibilities at the same time / to balance (career and family, or work and studies etc) syn 室 shì room / work unit / grave / scabbard / family or clan / one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy syn 工作与家庭议程 work-family agenda 关爱家庭的工作环境 關愛家庭的工作環境 family-friendly work environment 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 门户 門戶 mén hù door / strategic gateway / portal / faction / sect / family status / family / web portal / (old) brothel syn 家属 家屬 jiā shǔ family member / (family) dependent syn 世家 shì jiā family influential for generations / aristocratic family syn 大户 大戶 dà hù great family / rich family / large landlord / conspicuous spender or consumer syn 家境 jiā jìng family financial situation / family circumstances syn 皇室 huáng shì royal family / imperial household / member of the royal family syn 家私 jiā sī family property / family wealth syn 养家 養家 yǎng jiā to support a family / to raise a family 家传 家傳 jiā chuán handed down in a family / family traditions syn 良家 liáng jiā respectable family / decent family 天伦 天倫 tiān lún family bonds / ethical family relations syn 辈分 輩分 bèi fèn seniority in the family or clan / position in the family hierarchy syn 寒门 寒門 hán mén poor and humble family / my family (humble) syn 送终 送終 sòng zhōng to attend upon a dying parent or other senior family member / to handle the funeral affairs of a senior family member 大义灭亲 大義滅親 dà yì miè qīn to place righteousness before family (idiom) / ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it syn 柴门 柴門 chái mén lit. woodcutter's family / humble background / poor family background syn 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 门风 門風 mén fēng family tradition / family principles syn 房 fáng house / room / CL:間|间[jian1] / branch of an extended family / classifier for family members (or concubines) syn 包袱底儿 包袱底兒 bāo fu dǐ r family heirloom / most precious family possession / person's secrets / one's best performance 拉家带口 拉家帶口 lā jiā dài kǒu to bear the burden of a household (idiom) / encumbered by a family / tied down by family obligations syn 书香门第 書香門第 shū xiāng mén dì family with a literary reputation (idiom) / literary family syn 养家糊口 養家糊口 yǎng jiā hú kǒu to support one's family (idiom) / to have difficulty feeding a family 一家人 yī jiā rén the whole family / members of the same family (lit. or fig.) 光耀门楣 光耀門楣 guāng yào mén méi splendor shines on the family's door (idiom) / fig. to bring honor to one's family 团年 團年 tuán nián (of a family) to come together at lunar New Year's Eve / family reunion at New Year's 宦门 宦門 huàn mén family of officials / family with connections to the bureaucracy (i.e. the middle classes in imperial China) 家计 家計 jiā jì family livelihood / a household's economic situation / family property 故家 gù jiā old and respected family / family whose members have been officials from generation to generation 聘娶婚 pìn qǔ hūn formal betrothal (in which the boy's family sends presents to the girl's family) 飞鱼族 飛魚族 fēi yú zú "flying fish family", family who sacrifice everything to send their children abroad to study 鮨科 qí kē the grouper family / Serranidae (fish family including Epinephelinae or grouper 石斑魚|石斑鱼) 重组家庭 reorganized family / recomposed family 大家庭 dà jiā tíng extended family / big family / harmonious group