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HSK
to work / (of a machine) to operate / job / work / task / CL: 個|个, , 項|项
HSK 1
to introduce (sb to sb) / to give a presentation / to present (sb for a job etc) / introduction
HSK 1
to walk; to go on foot / to leave; to depart / (informal) to clear off; to beat it / (of sb who gets fired or resigns) to leave the job; to get out
HSK 1
to work a temporary or casual job / (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation
HSK 2
to get a job / employment
HSK 3
(raw) material / data / (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job
HSK 4
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  *安* | 安* | *安
(bound form) calm; peaceful / to calm; to set at ease / safe; secure; in good health / content; satisfied (as in 安於|安于) / to place (sb) in a suitable position (job) / to install; to fix; to fit / to bring (a charge against sb) / to harbor (certain intentions) / ampere (abbr. for 安培)
HSK 4
to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam / to admit (a student) / to hire (a job candidate)
HSK 4
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  *刷* | 刷* | *刷
a brush / to paint; to daub / to brush; to scrub / (fig.) to remove; to eliminate (from a contest); to fire (from a job) / (onom.) swish; rustle / to swipe (a card) / to scroll on (a phone) / (gaming) to grind; to farm (for experience points, equipment, levels etc)
HSK 4
unemployment / to lose one's job
HSK 4
to fill a job vacancy / to fill in a blank (e.g. on questionnaire or exam paper)
HSK 4
position; post; job
HSK 5
post / position / job / duties
HSK 5
to do well at / to do a good job
HSK 5
to invite applications for a job / to recruit
HSK 6
a post; a job
HSK 6
civil service / public office / government job
HSK 7-9
to take up a post; to start in a new job
HSK 7-9
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  *业* | 业* | *业
line of business / industry / occupation / job / employment / school studies / enterprise / property / (Buddhism) karma / deed / to engage in / already
HSK 7-9
to leave one's job temporarily (e.g. for study) / to leave one's job; to resign
HSK 7-9
to be employed / to be in post / on-the-job
HSK 7-9
to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation) / to start a construction job
HSK 7-9
to contract / to undertake (a job)
HSK 7-9
to promote to a higher job / to select for promotion
HSK 7-9
servant / to employ sb for a job / to manage people / to be in need of staff
HSK 7-9
to accept a job offer / to apply for an advertised position
HSK 7-9
to hold concurrent posts / concurrent job / moonlighting
HSK 7-9
rice bowl / fig. livelihood / job / way of making a living
HSK 7-9
to go out to sea / to enter the sea (to swim etc) / (fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. leave a secure job, or enter prostitution etc)
HSK 7-9
to leave one's job to take up a position elsewhere
HSK 7-9
to appoint / (job) appointment / CL: 紙|纸
HSK 7-9
(idiom) top priority job; a matter of the greatest urgency
HSK 7-9
exceptionally / not one's responsibility or job
HSK 7-9
to leave the mountain (of a hermit) / to come out of obscurity to a government job / to take a leading position
HSK 7-9
sudden and violent attack / assault / fig. rushed job / concentrated effort to finish a job quickly
HSK 7-9
to take up one's post; to go on duty / to take up a job
HSK 7-9
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  *差* | 差* | *差
to send (on an errand) / (archaic) person sent on such an errand / job; official post
person taking a job / job applicant / CL:
key job / important position
odd jobs
grains of Job's tears plant 薏苡
Jobs (name) / see also 史蒂夫·喬布斯|史蒂夫·乔布斯, Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs (1955-2011), US co-founder and CEO of Apple, Inc.
to learn on the job / to be on probation
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  *岗* | 岗* | *岗
(bound form) hillock; mound / sentry post; policeman's beat / (bound form) job; post
high position / eminent status / top job / raised position / upper (limbs) / a high (i.e. local maximum) / high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc
to do odd jobs / to do unskilled work
holding two jobs simultaneously
to distribute / distribution / to assign (sb) to a job
one's professional position / title / job title
(job) position / level / grade / rank
(of two performers) to speak or sing alternately / to be fit for the purposes of a job or task / (of food) to suit sb's taste
post allowance; job-specific subsidy
to work / to handle matters / to have a job
job applicant
lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节 / (fig.) revolving door; musical chairs (metaphor for people being shuffled around into different jobs)
to apply (for a job) / to reply to a job advertisement
employment opportunity / job opening
to change job or profession
to leave early (before the stipulated finishing time) / to retire early (from one's job)
to go ashore; to climb ashore / (fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period of struggle (e.g. to get a government job, be admitted to a desirable university, or finally pay off one's debts)
odd jobs / servant or army orderly doing odd jobs
appetizer / small side dish / easy job / piece of cake / see also 小菜一碟
odd-job worker (janitor, groundsman etc) at a school or government office / (old) worker / fellow worker
one talented person is enough for the job (idiom)
full-time (job)
errand / assignment / job / commission / CL: / see also 差使
(of personnel or positions) having permanent status under China's official staffing system 編制|编制, with full benefits and job security
to transfer (from production to other duties) / to take leave (for study or other job) / to dispose of property / to transfer assets (to avoid liability)
one's job
to succeed sb in a job / successor
to seek to recruit / to invite job applications from
to bother / to press sb, usu. to do sth / it's a tough job / sorry to bother you (polite, used to thank sb for a favor)
to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom) / jerry-building / sloppy work
to place in a certain position / to assign to a job / to plant / resettlement (old)
lit. what the heart wishes, the hand accomplishes (idiom) skilled at the job / entirely in one's element / going smoothly and easily
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
temporary job; odd job
to have the full responsibility of a job / allocated task
to recommend oneself (for a job)
main job / day job / steady full-time job (as opposed to temporary or casual) / chief or principal post (as opposed to deputy)
grains of Job's tears plant 薏苡
odd jobs / part-time worker
to rotate jobs within an organization
to promote / to reinstate (in a position or job)
an official position / a job in the bureaucracy
to undertake to perform work within a time limit and according to specifications / to contract for a job / contractor
large-sized (of clothes, shoes) / (old) to give an order / (old) to quit one's job in a store
name of job in Imperial bureaucracy / official position
(coll.) to quit one's job in disgust
(coll.) job / work
to keep an official position / to hold on to one's job
gauze hat / (fig.) job as an official
to perform one's job / attendant / job / duties / (respectful appellation for the addressee) you / your Excellency / (Church) deacon
to tackle a difficult job (idiom) / to do sth reluctantly
to keep for use / to retain sth / to keep sb in his job
to wait for a job assignment; to be laid off; to be out of a job
sth else / a separate matter / not the same thing / with different jobs (not colleagues) / a remarkable thing / sth special / an odd thing / sth strange or incomprehensible
to plan matters / to look for a job
grains of Job's tears plant 薏苡

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