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HSK
salary / wage
HSK 6
annual salary
HSK 7-9
to raise salary
monthly income (in kind)
salary
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  *薪* | 薪* | *薪
(literary) firewood; fuel / (bound form) salary
to take drastic measures to deal with a situation / to pull the carpet from under sb
basic salary / base pay / salary floor
daily wage
(Tw) leave of absence without pay
(of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another, abbr. for 薪盡火傳|薪尽火传
high salary
to cut wages
lit. the flame of a burning piece of firewood passes on to the rest (idiom) / fig. (of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another
lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom); fig. an utterly inadequate measure
weekly salary
leave of absence without pay
payday
salary; wage
lit. to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Goujian of Yue 勾踐|勾践, in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom) / fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge
(old) (military and police) pay; wages / (Tw) salary
salary / pay
to owe wages / back pay / wages arrears
firewood
lit. to carry firewood to put out a fire (idiom); fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action
hourly wage
to add fuel to the flames
lit. to bend the chimney and remove the firewood (to prevent fire) (idiom) / fig. to take preventive measures
to receive one's regular salary (while on vacation, study leave etc) / paid (leave) / on full pay
salary / wage
pay / remuneration / salary / reward
unpaid leave / leave without pay
to hire at a high salary
starting salary
policy of high pay to discourage corruption
paid leave
lit. to put a fire under a pile of firewood (idiom) / fig. hidden danger / imminent danger
salaried class
salaried class
to receive a raise in salary
add firewood to put out the flames (idiom); fig. ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse / to add fuel to the fire
to pay wages or salary
to seek unpaid wages
high salary, generous remuneration
high salary


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