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splitcharactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *996* | 996* | *996
9am–9pm, six days a week (work schedule)
to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering / hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity
business / professional work / service / CL: 項|项
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *事* | 事* | *事
matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL: , 樁|桩,
HSK 1
lit. to work like an ox, to work like a horse; fig. to work extremely hard
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *干* | 干* | *干
tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed
HSK 1
to go to work / to be on duty / to start work / to go to the office
HSK 1
amphibious / dual-talented / able to work in two different lines
HSK 7-9
to start and finish work
working hand; member of a work team; participant / the boss (short form of 第一把手)
HSK 7-9
artificial / manpower / manual work
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *手* | 手* | *手
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, 隻|只
HSK 1
splitcharactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *IP* | IP* | *IP
intellectual property (in China, esp. since 2015, often used as an entertainment industry term for a creative work used as the basis of a new product, such as a manga adapted as a tv series, or the image of a cartoon character appearing on merchandise)
to investigate (as detective) / to solve (crime) / to uncover (a plot) / to sniff out / to break in and analyze / detective work / to scout
to get promoted (at work etc) / promotion
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *功* | 功* | *功
meritorious deed or service / achievement / result / service / accomplishment / work (physics)
HSK 7-9
to take the big picture into consideration (idiom) / to work for the benefits of all
HSK 7-9
work (of art) / opus / CL: ,
HSK 3
to work a shift / on duty
HSK 5
to work / to handle matters / to have a job
such matters / things like this / this line of work / this pursuit / this hobby / this endeavor
to be distracted from one's work and fail to achieve results (idiom)
duty; obligation (CL:項|项) / volunteer (work etc)
HSK 4
lit. to shed skin, drop flesh / to work as hard as possible / to work one's butt off
to work hard while accomplishing little / to toil to no avail
to work a temporary or casual job / (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation
HSK 2
literary work / art work
to finish work; to get off work / next service (train, bus etc)
HSK 1
to handle (affairs) / to work
HSK 4
to handle two or more responsibilities at the same time; to balance (career and family, or work and studies etc)
HSK 7-9
won't do / be out of the question / be no good / not work / not be capable
HSK 2
to work with a common purpose (idiom); to make concerted efforts / to pull together / to work as one
to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation) / to start a construction job
HSK 7-9
to create (sth original) / original / originality / original work
HSK 7-9
to go to work / to be present (at work, school etc) / to be away on business
power (rate of doing work, measured in watts)
HSK 7-9
workload; volume of work
HSK 7-9
employment benefits package mandated by labor laws in China, consisting of five insurances (pension, medical, unemployment, work injury, and maternity) and a housing fund
temporary worker; temp / temporary work
farm work
to work / (of a machine) to operate / job / work / task / CL: 個|个, , 項|项
HSK 1
to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it
HSK 7-9
farming / to work the land
to have an effect / to play a role / to be operative / to work / to function
kind of work in production (e.g. benchwork, foundry work etc)
all neglected tasks are being undertaken (idiom) / work is now underway
representative work (of an author or artist)
ability to work
to work and rest
to work energetically for prosperity (of the country)
to handle official business (usu. in an office); to do (office) work
HSK 6
to practice / field work / to intern / internship
HSK 2
(of a pendulum) to stop swinging / (of work, production, activities etc) to come to a halt / to be suspended / to be canceled / shutdown / (sports) lockout
to work overtime
HSK 4
day labor / piece-time work
to release from work at the end of the day
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *活* | 活* | *活
to live / alive / living / work / workmanship
HSK 3
to delegate / to decentralize / to demote a party cadre to work on the shop floor or in the countryside
three-shift system (work rostering)
to exercise / to keep fit / to work out / physical exercise
HSK 4
to enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *梗* | 梗* | *梗
branch / stem / stalk / CL: / to block / to hinder / (neologism that evolved from , initially in Taiwan, during the first decade of the 21st century) memorable creative idea (joke, catchphrase, meme, neologism, witty remark etc) / prominent feature of a creative work (punchline of a joke, trope in a drama, special ingredient in a dish, riff in a pop song etc)
lit. fine sculpting (idiom) / fig. to work (at sth) with extreme care and precision
service (work done for money) / services (as in "goods and services")
HSK 7-9
to create; to produce; to write / a creative work; a creation
HSK 3
to work as footman / to do odd jobs / to understudy (an opera actor)
to work hard for / to do all one can / to contend strongly
HSK 7-9
to rely on / to depend on / to imitate (a model) / to base a work (on some model)
to work together
to abandon (cultivated fields) / no longer cultivated / to lie waste / wasted / to neglect (one's work or study)
electrician / electrical engineering / electrical work (in a house)
party affairs / work within the Communist party
seminal work that propels a writer (or artist, composer etc) to fame
school assignment / homework / work / task / operation / CL: 個|个 / to operate
HSK 2
to have more work than one can deal with / to have one's hands full
daily schedule / work schedule
work-related matters / documents
HSK 7-9
(idiom) it's the most capable people who do the most work (intended as consolation for the overworked, or flattery when making a request etc)
lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom) / to work one's heart out / blood, sweat and tears
work / manual labor
to work in a profession (e.g. doctor, lawyer) / practitioner / professional
work more and get more
HSK 7-9
migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work) / temporary worker enlisted on a public project
HSK 6
to go to town / to enter a big city (to live or work)
detective / to do detective work
hotel staff work unit tasked with keeping the public areas of a hotel clean
to exercise; to move about; to work out / shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) / movable; flexible; liquid (capital etc) / (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity / (outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver (CL:項|项) / to use personal influence, connections, bribes etc
HSK 2
migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *勤* | 勤* | *勤
diligent; industrious; hardworking / frequent; regular; constant / (bound form) work; duty; attendance
to figure out / to work out (a solution etc) / to think up / to come up with (an idea etc)
to be up to one's ears in work (idiom) / to be unable to attend to other things at the same time
to twist (strands) together to form a rope / (fig.) to unite; to work together
virgin; maiden / maiden (voyage etc); virgin (land); (a novelist's) first (work)
aerial work platform (e.g. cherry picker or scissor lift) / lift / elevator
to work extra hours / to do overtime
part work, part study / work-study program
good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed") / charity / happy occasion / Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead
HSK 2
background (academic and work) / curriculum vitae / résumé
labor / physical work
unemployed / jobless / out of work

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