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HSK
hardworking / diligent
HSK 5
diligent; hardworking
HSK 7-9
to go to work / to be present (at work, school etc) / to be away on business
diligence / diligent / industrious
to work part-time while studying / work-study program
HSK 7-9
(idiom) diligent and thrifty
logistics
HSK 7-9
clerical work in the office; office work / office staff; clerk
diligent and painstaking
mastery of study lies in diligence (idiom). You can only master a subject by assiduous study. / Excellence in work is only possible with diligence. / Practice makes perfect.
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *勤* | 勤* | *勤
diligent; industrious; hardworking / frequent; regular; constant / (bound form) work; duty; attendance
commuting
(of an individual) to have a perfect attendance record / (of a group) to have no absentees
(idiom) industrious and frugal
diligent and attentive / assiduous / sincere
(idiom) hardworking, thrifty and unpretentious
hardworking / industrious / diligent
HSK 7-9
to be on duty (of a security guard etc)
attentive / solicitous / earnest / sincere
simple and industrious / hardworking and frugal
hardworking, thrifty and pragmatic
hardworking / diligent
hardworking; industrious
HSK 7-9
honest and industrious government functionaries (idiom)
army orderly
work done in the field (rather than in the office or at the headquarters); fieldwork / field personnel; fieldworker
to check attendance (at school or workplace) / to monitor efficiency (of workers)
politely / solicitously / eagerly attentive
HSK 7-9
to get rich through hard work
to make industrious and diligent efforts (idiom)
Wang Liqin (1978-), former PRC table tennis player, Olympic medalist
Heaven rewards the diligent. (idiom)
hardworking / assiduous
ground service (airport)
hardworking and frugal
hardworking and thrifty in running one's household
Coqen county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Mtsho chen rdzong
Coqen county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Mtsho chen rdzong
odd jobs / servant or army orderly doing odd jobs
Kul Tigin or Kultegin (685–c. 731), general of the Second Turkic Khaganate
service / duties / an orderly (military)
special duty (e.g. extra security or traffic control on special occasions) / person on special duty
odd job man / army orderly
(airport) ground crew
Minqin, a county in Wuwei City 武威市, Gansu
(idiom) hardworking, thrifty and unpretentious
(idiom) to compensate for lack of ability with hard work
industrious and conscientious / assiduous
to study diligently / to train assiduously
one who is unaccountably solicitous is hiding evil intentions (idiom)
(idiom) to build up the country through thrift and hard work
to serve the king diligently / to save the country in times of danger / to send troops to rescue the king
attendance sheet
Special Air Service (SAS)
to be absent from work or school
never move your four limbs, can't distinguish the five crops (idiom); living as a parasite
to be assiduous and work full hours
military logistics
attendance record book
often / frequently
(military) General Logistics Department
If one is industrious, one will not be in want. (idiom)
variant of 執勤|执勤
to be particularly attentive to (an attractive young lady or man etc); to fawn upon (an influential politician etc); to court sb's favor; to ingratiate oneself
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *懃* | 懃* | *懃
variant of / industrious / solicitous


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