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futile
(courteous expression) you have made a long and exhausting journey / you will be making a long trip (when asking a favor that involves going to a faraway place)
(bird species of China) southern grey shrike (Lanius meridionalis)
lit. the service of a dog or a horse (idiom) / fig. faithful service
laborer from mainland China (Tw)
hardworking and enduring hardships (idiom)
to work hard / to look after
HSK 7-9
to serve (in some capacity) / to work for
fatigue / wearily / weariness / weary
HSK 7-9
to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy / to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom)
contribution / meritorious service / credit
HSK 7-9
hardworking / industrious / diligent
HSK 7-9
to do sth in place of sb else
laborious
to reward with food and drink / to feast (sb) / presents of food etc made to troops / Taiwan pr. [kao4 lao4]
reward
undue trouble / Thank you for having gone out of your way to help me.
war exploits / (fig.) heroic contribution
deficiency of kidney essence due to sexual excess (TCM)
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  *勞* | 勞* | *勞
(bound form) to toil; labor / (bound form) laborer / (bound form) meritorious deed / (bound form) fatigue / to put sb to the trouble (of doing sth) / to express one's appreciation (Taiwan pr. [lao4])
foreign worker (abbr. for 外籍勞工|外籍劳工)
McDonald's (fast food company)
shrike
to love ease and comfort and hate work (idiom)
to put sb to trouble (of doing sth) / vexation / inconvenience
(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)
Ravenclaw (Harry Potter)
(bird species of China) Burmese shrike (Lanius collurioides)
(bird species of China) northern shrike (Lanius borealis)
overwork
to render one's humble services / to be at sb's beck and call
lit. the exertion of lifting one's hand (idiom) / fig. a very slight effort
(bird species of China) steppe grey shrike (Lanius pallidirostris)
to offer condolences / Taiwan pr. [yan4 lao4]
(bird species of China) red-tailed shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides)
(bird species of China) brown shrike (Lanius cristatus)
(bird species of China) lesser grey shrike (Lanius minor)
eye strain
to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering / hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity
to work in vain
(bird species of China) Chinese grey shrike (Lanius sphenocercus)
toil / hard work
(bird species of China) tiger shrike (Lanius tigrinus)
(polite) thank you for your trouble (used when asking a favor or after having received one)
to show appreciation (by kind words, small gifts etc) / to comfort
HSK 7-9
(bird species of China) grey-backed shrike (Lanius tephronotus)
(Tw) arts and crafts (as a school subject)
(bird species of China) red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio)
hardy / able to resist hardship
(bird species of China) isabelline shrike (Lanius isabellinus)
Tokelau (territory of New Zealand)
(bird species of China) long-tailed shrike (Lanius schach)
diligent
(bird species of China) bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus)
metal fatigue
Republic of Palau (Pacific island nation)
to pay sb according to their productivity


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