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HSK
work / toil / physical labor / CL:
HSK 5
labor force / manpower
HSK 7-9
Rolls-Royce
Rolex (Swiss wristwatch brand)
record of achievements; (fig.) laurels (as sth one rests on)
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
to get sth done once and for all
to spare no effort
tired / exhausted / worn out / to toil
HSK 7-9
labor / able-bodied worker / laborer / work force
laborer from mainland China (Tw)
to work hard without complaint (idiom)
work more and get more
HSK 7-9
foreign worker
working people / the workers of Socialist theory or of the glorious Chinese past
hardworking and enduring hardships (idiom)
worker; laborer
labor contract / contract between employer and employees governing wages and conditions
fatigue
to work hard / to look after
HSK 7-9
labor and capital; workers and capitalists
service contract
excuse me
to serve (in some capacity) / to work for
futile endeavor (idiom)
ability to work
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)
Lloyd (name) / Lloyd's (London-based insurance group)
exhausted / worn out
labor insurance
contribution / meritorious service / credit
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to reap without sowing; to get sth without working for it; to sponge off others
Trud (Russian newspaper)
labor (as opposed to capital or management) / the workers
hardworking / industrious / diligent
HSK 7-9
to do sth in place of sb else
laborious
forced labor (as punishment in criminal case)
waste of manpower and resources
distribution according to work
to toil / hard work
International Labor Organization
Lawrence (person name)
to work to no avail (idiom)
to reward with food and drink / to feast (sb) / presents of food etc made to troops / Taiwan pr. [kao4 lao4]
forced labor / corvée (labor required of a serf) / animal labor
service (work done for money) / services (as in "goods and services")
HSK 7-9
one able to do light manual labor only / semi-able-bodied or part time (farm) worker
model worker
reward
work / manual labor
Rodong Sinmun (Workers' news), the official newspaper of the North Korean WPK's Central Committee
laborer; service worker (typically employed on a contractual or temporary basis)
to strike a balance between work and rest (idiom)
undue trouble / Thank you for having gone out of your way to help me.
labor market
Strauss (name) / Johann Strauss (1825-1899), Austrian composer / Richard Strauss (1864-1949), German composer
travel-worn
physical labor
May Day / International Labor Day (May 1)
Claude (name)
disorder of internal organs caused by overexertion
to be a tax on (one's mind) / to bother / to trouble / to be concerned
to get rich through hard work
war exploits / (fig.) heroic contribution
work and rest
reeducation through labor
International Labor Day (May Day)
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])
Browne (person name)
shrike (family Laniidae)
to rack one's brains / to think hard
foreign worker (abbr. for 外籍勞工|外籍劳工)
McDonald's (fast food company)
shrike
lorazepam
to work hard while accomplishing little / to toil to no avail
labor exchanges
service charge; service fee
abbr. for 勞動改造|劳动改造 / reform through labor / laogai (prison camp)
labor / laborer
to love ease and comfort and hate work (idiom)
labor camp / prison camp with hard labor
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)
to work with one's brains / to rack one's brains / to worry
Ravenclaw (Harry Potter)
model worker
correctional institution / labor camp
industrial relations / relations between labor and capital
to tax one's mind and body / demanding (work) / dedicated (worker) / hard-working
to work hard / to toil
Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (Japan)
Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party of North Korea
(bird species of China) Burmese shrike (Lanius collurioides)

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