休息 xiū xi rest / to rest syn 安息 ān xī to rest / to go to sleep / to rest in peace 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 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 离休 離休 lí xiū to retire / to leave work and rest (euphemism for compulsory retirement of old cadres) syn 劳逸结合 勞逸結合 láo yì jié hé to strike a balance between work and rest (idiom) 公路运输工时与间修公约 公路運輸工時與間修公約 Convention concerning Hours of Work and Rest Periods in Road Transport 公路运输工时与间休公约 公路運輸工時與間休公約 Convention concerning the Regulation of Hours of Work and Rest Periods in Road Transport 过劳肥 過勞肥 guò láo féi overweight from overwork (the supposition that white collar workers become fat as a consequence of factors associated with being under pressure at work, including irregular diet, lack of exercise and inadequate rest) 百尺竿头，更尽一步 百尺竿頭，更盡一步 bǎi chǐ gān tóu , gèng jìn yī bù lit. hundred foot pole, progress still further (idiom) / fig. much accomplished, still some work to do / to continue to further successes / not to rest on one's laurels 水电工 水電工 shuǐ diàn gōng plumbing and electrical work / tradesman who does both plumbing and electrical work 耕耘 gēng yún plowing and weeding / farm work / fig. to work or study diligently syn 堆案盈几 duī àn yíng jī lit. piles of work and papers (idiom) / fig. accumulated backlog of work 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 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 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 诸如此类 諸如此類 zhū rú cǐ lèi things like this (idiom) / and so on / and the rest / etc syn 龙龛手鉴 龍龕手鑒 lóng kān shǒu jiàn Longkan Shoujian, Chinese character dictionary from 997 AD containing 26,430 entries, with radicals placed into 240 rhyme groups and arranged according to the four tones, and the rest of the characters similarly arranged under each radical 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 休整 xiū zhěng to rest and reorganize (military) 兰花指 蘭花指 lán huā zhǐ hand gesture in traditional dances (joined thumb and middle finger, the rest extended) syn 案兵束甲 àn bīng shù jiǎ to rest weapons and loosen armor (idiom) / to relax from fighting 案甲休兵 àn jiǎ xiū bīng to put down weapon and let soldiers rest (idiom) / to relax from fighting 吃粮不管事 吃糧不管事 chī liáng bù guǎn shì to eat without working (idiom) / to take one's pay and not care about the rest 双宿双飞 雙宿雙飛 shuāng sù shuāng fēi lit. to rest and fly together (idiom) / fig. to live in each other's pockets / to be inseparable 一通百通 yī tōng bǎi tōng grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom) syn 入土为安 入土為安 rù tǔ wéi ān buried and at rest (idiom) / Resquiescat in pacem (RIP) syn 取其精华，去其糟粕 取其精華，去其糟粕 qǔ qí jīng huá , qù qí zāo pò take the cream, discard the dross (political and educational slogan) / keep what is good, discard the rest / You need to be selective when studying. / In modernizing the country, don't accept uncritically all foreign ideas. 寝食难安 寢食難安 qǐn shí nán ān lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom) / fig. extremely worried and troubled syn 心安神闲 心安神閑 xīn ān shén xián with one's heart at ease and one's spirit at rest (idiom) 商业和办事处所每周休息公约 商業和辦事處所每周休息公約 Convention concerning Weekly Rest in Commerce and Offices 事不关己，高高挂起 事不關己，高高掛起 shì bù guān jǐ , gāo gāo guà qǐ to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom) 寝食难安 寢食難安 qǐn shí - nán ān lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom) / fig. extremely worried and troubled syn 月子中心 yuè zi zhōng xīn postpartum care center (a facility providing services such as professional care and nutritionally balanced meals for mothers during the traditional month of rest after giving birth) 休沐 xiū mù (literary) a regular day off granted to officials in ancient times, for "rest and bathing" 幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 幽明 yōu - míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 其他 qí tā other / (sth or sb) else / the rest syn 在于 在於 zài yú to rest with / to lie in / to be due to (a certain attribute) / (of a matter) to be determined by / to be up to (sb) syn 其余 其餘 qí yú the rest / the others / remaining / remainder / apart from them syn 没错 沒錯 méi cuò that's right / sure! / rest assured! / that's good / can't go wrong syn 安心 ān xīn at ease / to feel relieved / to set one's mind at rest / to keep one's mind on sth syn 在乎 zài hu to rest with / to lie in / to be due to (a certain attribute) / (often used in the negative) to care about syn 只管 zhǐ guǎn solely engrossed in one thing / just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest) / simply / by all means / please feel free / do not hesitate (to ask for sth) syn 歇息 xiē xi to have a rest / to stay for the night / to go to bed / to sleep syn 马不停蹄 馬不停蹄 mǎ bù tíng tí unrelenting / without stopping to rest 停歇 tíng xiē to stop for a rest syn 养神 養神 yǎng shén to rest / to recuperate / to regain composure 着落 著落 zhuó luò whereabouts / place to settle / reliable source (of funds etc) / (of responsibility for a matter) to rest with sb / settlement / solution syn 休憩 xiū qì to rest / to relax / to take a break syn 小憩 xiǎo qì to rest for a bit / to take a breather 长眠 長眠 cháng mián (euphemism) to rest eternally / to lie buried in (one's final resting place) syn 倚靠 yǐ kào to lean on / to rest against / to rely on / support / backing / back of a chair syn 高枕无忧 高枕無憂 gāo zhěn wú yōu to sleep peacefully (idiom) / (fig.) to rest easy / to be free of worries syn 歇脚 歇腳 xiē jiǎo to stop on the way for a rest 休止符 xiū zhǐ fú rest (music) 老本 lǎo běn capital / assets / savings / nest egg / (fig.) reputation / laurels (to rest upon) / old edition of a book / (tree) trunk syn 将息 將息 jiāng xī (literary) to rest / to recuperate syn 安枕 ān zhěn to sleep soundly / (fig.) to rest easy / to be free of worries 息 xī breath / news / interest (on an investment or loan) / to cease / to stop / to rest / Taiwan pr. [xi2] syn 干休 gān xiū to let matters rest 落 luò to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement syn 