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to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering / hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity
Rolex (Swiss wristwatch brand)
worker; laborer
to get sth done once and for all
Rolls-Royce
physical labor
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(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])
abbr. for 勞動改造|劳动改造 / reform through labor / laogai (prison camp)
waste of manpower and resources
to work hard while accomplishing little / to toil to no avail
reeducation through labor
lit. the exertion of lifting one's hand (idiom) / fig. a very slight effort
working people / the workers of Socialist theory or of the glorious Chinese past
model worker
ability to work
one able to do light manual labor only / semi-able-bodied or part time (farm) worker
to spare no effort
Rodong Sinmun (Workers' news), the official newspaper of the North Korean WPK's Central Committee
service charge; service fee
service (work done for money) / services (as in "goods and services")
HSK 7-9
the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions (idiom) / (usually of a couple) to part from each other
to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy / to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom)
labor (as opposed to capital or management) / the workers
metal fatigue
model worker
(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)
work / manual labor
work more and get more
HSK 7-9
labor market
forced labor (as punishment in criminal case)
hardworking and enduring hardships (idiom)
forced labor / corvée (labor required of a serf) / animal labor
fatigue / wearily / weariness / weary
HSK 7-9
Lawrence (person name)
Trud (Russian newspaper)
productive labor
to work hard / to look after
HSK 7-9
labor / able-bodied worker / laborer / work force
to work hard without complaint (idiom)
to toil / hard work
to love ease and comfort and hate work (idiom)
reeducation through labor
to serve (in some capacity) / to work for
futile
(literary) fatigued / wearied
tired / exhausted / worn out / to toil
HSK 7-9
labor force / manpower
HSK 7-9
war exploits / (fig.) heroic contribution
correctional labor camp
Claus or Klaus (name)
(idiom) to reap without sowing; to get sth without working for it; to sponge off others
to accumulate work causes sickness (idiom); to fall ill from constant overwork
to do sth in place of sb else
to work to no avail (idiom)
hardworking / industrious / diligent
HSK 7-9
foreign worker (abbr. for 外籍勞工|外籍劳工)
Republic of Palau (Pacific island nation)
overwork
Lloyd (name) / Lloyd's (London-based insurance group)
karoshi (loanword from Japanese), death from overwork
May Day / International Labor Day (May 1)
to inconvenience / to trouble (sb with a request)
Strauss (name) / Johann Strauss (1825-1899), Austrian composer / Richard Strauss (1864-1949), German composer
labor / laborer
International Labor Day (May Day)
industrial relations / relations between labor and capital
to get rich through hard work
service contract
Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party of North Korea
undue trouble / Thank you for having gone out of your way to help me.
(dialect) nuisance / pain
labor contract / contract between employer and employees governing wages and conditions
International Labor Organization
distribution according to work
Rudolf Clausius (1822-1888), German physicist and mathematician
to reward with food and drink / to feast (sb) / presents of food etc made to troops / Taiwan pr. [kao4 lao4]
strain (medicine)
exhausted / worn out
to work hard / to toil
to put sb to trouble (of doing sth) / vexation / inconvenience
St Lawrence River, Canada
repetitive strain injury (RSI)
foreign worker
to rack one's brains / to think hard
Ravenclaw (Harry Potter)
(polite) thank you for your trouble (used when asking a favor or after having received one)
work and rest
contribution / meritorious service / credit
HSK 7-9
Browne (person name)
shrike
work / toil / physical labor / CL:
HSK 5
deficiency of kidney essence due to sexual excess (TCM)
(bird species of China) brown shrike (Lanius cristatus)
toil / hard work
laborer from mainland China (Tw)
disorder of internal organs caused by overexertion
to render one's humble services / to be at sb's beck and call
(bird species of China) Chinese grey shrike (Lanius sphenocercus)
reward
chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)

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