凌晨 líng chén very early in the morning / in the wee hours syn 业余 業餘 yè yú in one's spare time / outside working hours / amateur (historian etc) syn 昼夜 晝夜 zhòu yè day and night / period of 24 hours / continuously, without stop syn 加点 加點 jiā diǎn to work extra hours / to do overtime 几个小时 幾個小時 jǐ ge xiǎo shí several hours 营业时间 營業時間 yíng yè shí jiān business hours / opening hours / office hours 披星戴月 pī xīng dài yuè to travel or work through night and day / to toil away for long hours syn 钟 鐘 zhōng a (large) bell (CL:架[jia4]) / clock (CL:座[zuo4]) / amount of time / o'clock (CL:點|点[dian3],分[fen1],秒[miao3]) (as in 三點鐘|三点钟[san1dian3zhong1] "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘|五分钟[wu3fen1zhong1] "five minutes" etc) syn 肝 gān liver (CL:葉|叶[ye4]) / (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game) / (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress / grindy syn 努力 nǔ lì to make an effort / to try hard / to strive / hard-working / conscientious syn 停车 停車 tíng chē to pull up (stop one's vehicle) / to park / (of a machine) to stop working / to stall 休闲 休閒 xiū xián leisure / relaxation / not working / idle / to enjoy leisure / to lie fallow syn 失灵 失靈 shī líng out of order (of machine) / not working properly / a failing (of a system) syn 加工 jiā gōng to process / processing / working (of machinery) 轮班 輪班 lún bān shift working syn 女工 nǚ gōng working woman / variant of 女紅|女红[nu:3 gong1] 按部就班 àn bù jiù bān to follow the prescribed order / to keep to the working routine (idiom) syn 工作日 gōng zuò rì workday / working day / weekday 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) 接班 jiē bān to take over (from those working the previous shift) / to take over (in a leadership role etc) / to succeed sb syn 不劳而获 不勞而獲 bù láo ér huò (idiom) to reap without sowing / to get sth without working for it / to sponge off others syn 工作组 工作組 gōng zuò zǔ work team / working group / task force 工人阶级 工人階級 gōng rén jiē jí working class syn 一把手 yī bǎ shǒu working hand / member of a work team / participant / the boss (short form of 第一把手[di4 yi1 ba3 shou3]) syn 工作队 工作隊 gōng zuò duì a working group / a task force 工序 gōng xù working procedure / process 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 工作报告 工作報告 gōng zuò bào gào working report / operating report 工委 gōng wěi working committee 工作委员会 工作委員會 gōng zuò wěi yuán huì working committee 当机 當機 dàng jī to crash (of a computer) / to stop working / (loanword from English "down") 劳动人民 勞動人民 láo dòng rén mín working people / the workers of Socialist theory or of the glorious Chinese past 高就 gāo jiù to take up a prestigious position / (courteous) to work (as in 您在哪高就[nin2 zai4 na3 gao1jiu4] "where are you working?") 工作面 gōng zuò miàn (mining) face (as in coalface 採煤工作面|采煤工作面[cai3mei2 gong1zuo4mian4]) / (machining) working surface (of a workpiece) syn 北漂 běi piāo to migrate to Beijing or Taipei in search of better job opportunities / migrant worker living and working in Beijing or Taipei without a residence permit 当掉 當掉 dàng diào to fail (a student) / to pawn / (of a computer or program) to crash / to stop working 周转金 週轉金 zhōu zhuǎn jīn revolving fund / working capital / petty cash / turnover 粉领 粉領 fěn lǐng pink collar / woman working in the service industry 齐心合力 齊心合力 qí xīn hé lì to work as one (idiom) / united in a concerted effort / working hard together syn 工作餐 gōng zuò cān working meal 双职工 雙職工 shuāng zhí gōng working couple (husband and wife both employed) 使役 shǐ yì to use (an animal or servant) / working (animal) / (beast) of burden / causative form of verbs (esp. in grammar of Japanese, Korean etc) syn 刻苦耐劳 刻苦耐勞 kè kǔ nài láo to bear hardships and work hard (idiom) / assiduous and long-suffering / hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity syn 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 善自为谋 善自為謀 shàn zì wéi móu to be good at working for one's own profit (idiom) 额外时数 額外時數 additional hours / extra hours 额外租用时数 額外租用時數 additional hours / extra hours 满点 滿點 mǎn diǎn full working hours / full marks / perfect score / (fig.) (after a attribute) couldn't be more (happy, romantic etc) 错开上下班时间 錯開上下班時間 staggered working hours 错时 錯時 cuò shí to stagger (holidays, working hours etc) 四个小时 四個小時 sì gè xiǎo shí four hours 坐班 zuò bān to work office hours / on duty syn 数小时 數小時 shù xiǎo shí several hours 营业时候 營業時候 yíng yè shí hou opening hours (shop, bank, restaurant) 办公时间 辦公時間 bàn gōng shí jiān office hours 空中巡逻小时 空中巡邏小時 air patrol hours 万亿瓦小时 万億瓦小時 wàn yì wǎ xiǎo shí Terawatt hours 煤矿工时公约 煤礦工時公約 Convention Limiting Hours of Work in Coal Mines 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 船上工作时间和配员公约 船上工作時間和配員公約 Convention concerning Hours of Work on Board Ship and Manning 工资、船上工作时间和配员公约 工資、船上工作時間和配員公約 Convention concerning Wages, Hours of Work on Board Ship and Manning 商业和办事处所工时公约 商業和辦事處所工時公約 Convention concerning the Regulation of Hours of Work in Commerce and Offices 公共工程缩短工时公约 公共工程縮短工時公約 Convention concerning the Reduction of Hours of Work on Public Works 玻璃瓶工厂缩短工时公约 玻璃瓶工廠縮短工時公約 Convention concerning the Reduction of Hours of Work in Glass-Bottle Works 每周工作时间减至四十小时公约 每周工作時間減至四十小時公約 Convention concerning the Reduction of Hours of Work to Forty a Week 自动平板玻璃工厂工时公约 自動平板玻璃工廠工時公約 Convention for the Regulation of Hours of Work in Automatic Sheet-Glass Works 纺织业缩短工时公约 紡織業縮短工時公約 Convention concerning the Reduction of Hours of Work in the Textile Industry 海员工时和船舶配员公约 海員工時和船舶配員公約 Convention concerning Seafarers' Hours of Work and the Manning of Ships 早睡早起 zǎo shuì zǎo qǐ early to bed, early to rise / to keep early hours 出满勤，干满点 出滿勤，幹滿點 chū mǎn qín , gàn mǎn diǎn to be assiduous and work full hours 刁斗 diāo dǒu soldier's copper saucepan, used for cooking food by day and for sounding the night watches during the hours of darkness (in ancient times) 氪肝 kè gān (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing a video game (rather than pay for power-ups) 早睡早起 zǎo shuì - zǎo qǐ early to bed, early to rise / to keep early hours 计酬 計酬 jì chóu to calculate the payment for the work sb has done (based on hours completed or items produced etc) 农业统计工作组 nóng yè tǒng jì gōng zuò zǔ Inter-American Statistical Institute (IASI) / FAO Working Group on Agricultural Statistics / Working Group on Agricultural Statistics 技术合作主任工作组 Technical Cooperation Administrator Working Group / TCA Working Group 欧盟理事会恐怖主义问题工作组 European Union Council Working Party on Terrorism / Council Working Party on Terrorism 两性平等和人道主义行动工作分组 Sub-Working Group on Gender and Humanitarian Action / Gender Sub-Working Group 全球指标技术工作组 Technical Working Group on Global Indicators for resolution 1325 (2000) / Technical Working Group on Global Indicators 执行委员会工作方法问题工作组 Working Group on Executive Committee Working Methods 安全理事会儿童与武装冲突问题工作组 Working Group of the Security Council on Children and Armed Conflict / Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict 儿童与武装冲突问题工作组 Working Group of the Security Council on Children and Armed Conflict / Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict 根据任择议定书提出的来文工作组 根據任擇議定書提出的來文工作組 Working Group on Communications under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women / Working Group on Communications under the Optional Protocol 下落不明人员问题工作组 Working Group on Missing Persons / Working Group on Unaccounted-for Persons 失踪人员问题工作组 shī zōng rén yuán wèn tí gōng zuò zǔ Working Group on Missing Persons / Working Group on Unaccounted-for Persons 普遍定期审议机制工作组 普遍定期審議机制工作組 pǔ biàn dìng qī shěn yì jī zhì gōng zuò zǔ Inter-sessional open-ended intergovernmental Working Group to develop the modalities of the universal periodic review mechanism / Working group on the universal periodic review mechanism 侵略罪特别工作组 侵略罪特別工作組 Special Working Group on the Crime of Aggression / Special Working Group of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on the Crime of Aggression 妇女地位来文工作组 婦女地位來文工作組 Working Group on Communications on the Status of Women / Working Group on Communications 手工开采砂矿钻石问题工作组 手工開采砂礦鉆石問題工作組 Working Group on Artisanal Alluvial Production / Working Group of Artisanal Alluvial Producers; 人道主义问题工作组 人道主義問題工作組 rén dào zhǔ yì wèn tí gōng zuò zǔ Working Group on Humanitarian Issues / Humanitarian Issues Working Group 工作方法问题工作组 工作方法問題工作組 gōng zuò fāng fǎ wèn tí gōng zuò zǔ Working Group on Working Methods 准备和应急规划工作分组 準備和應急規劃工作分組 Sub-Working Group on Preparedness and Contingency Planning / IASC Sub-Working Group on Preparedness and Contingency Planning 全球化对国民账户的影响问题联合工作组 全球化對國民賬戶的影響問題聯合工作組 Working Group on Impact of Globalisation on National Accounts / Joint Working Group on Impact of Globalisation on National Accounts 国际公法工作小组 國際公法工作小組 Public International Law Working Group / Council Working Group on Public International Law; 跨国公司工作方法和活动问题会期工作组 跨國公司工作方法和活動問題會期工作組 Sessional working group on the working methods and activities of transnational corporations 偿还特遣队所属装备费用问题工作组 償還特遣隊所屬裝備費用問題工作組 Working Group on Reimbursement of Contingent-Owned Equipment / COE Working Group 条约机构工作方法统一问题工作组 條約機構工作方法統一問題工作組 Working Group on the Harmonization of Working Methods of Treaty Bodies 