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artificial / manpower / manual work
HSK 3
to work a temporary or casual job / (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation
HSK 2
staff; personnel; employee
HSK 3
to process / processing / working (of machinery)
HSK 3
employee; staff member; worker
HSK 3
handwork / manual
HSK 4
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 begin work (of a factory or engineering operation) / to start a construction job
HSK 7-9
a strike / to go on strike
HSK 6
science and engineering as academic subjects
migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work)
HSK 7-9
cleaner / janitor / garbage collector
HSK 6
to divide up the work / division of labor
HSK 6
worker employed by the month
to start (a building project)
HSK 7-9
temporary worker; temp / temporary work
volunteer worker / volunteer work
HSK 7-9
day labor / piece-time work
to release from work at the end of the day
chemical industry (abbr. for 化學工業|化学工业) / chemical engineering (abbr. for 化學工程|化学工程)
electrician / electrical engineering / electrical work (in a house)
different tunes played with equal skill (idiom) / different methods leading to the same result / different approach but equally satisfactory outcome
to sell one's labor
teaching and administrative staff
teaching and administrative staff
hourly worker / hourly job
microminiature technology
to recruit employees
construction / to carry out construction or large-scale repairs
HSK 7-9
skilled worker; journeyman
to work as a laborer
to finish work / to complete a project
(Tw) a volunteer
lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom) / fig. time invested in preparations is not lost / a beard well lathered is half shaved
OEM (original equipment manufacturer)
supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods / uncanny workmanship / superlative craftsmanship
to employ workers
planing / planing machine operator / planer
to slacken off in one's work / to go slow (as a form of strike)
HSK 7-9
agricultural worker / abbr. for 農業工人|农业工人 / peasant and worker (in Marxism)
to work with one's hands / manual work / workmanship
secret service / special service / secret service agent / special agent
nurse's aide / nursing assistant / care worker
woodwork / carpentry / woodworker / carpenter
to undertake to perform work within a time limit and according to specifications / to contract for a job / contractor
to idle on the job
labor / laborer
Seiko, Japanese watch and electronics company
refined / delicate / exquisite (craftsmanship)
hard labor (in penal code) / coolie
to oversee workers / overseer; foreman
to go to work / to start work
to knock off (at the end of a day's work) / to finish work
auto mechanic
senior engineer (abbr. for 高級工程師|高级工程师) / (Tw) industrial vocational high school (abbr. for 高級工業職業學校|高级工业职业学校)
grade 8 worker (highest on the eight grade wage scale) / top-grade worker
to return to work (after a stoppage)
plumber
skilled worker
river conservancy works (dike maintenance, dredging etc) / river conservancy worker
to work against the clock / to hurry with work to get it done in time
fellow workers
migrant worker
(of workers) to have no work to do / to be underutilized (due to lack of supplies, poor organization by management etc)
to exchange labor / labor exchange (system of sharing workforce resources)
mason / masonry work
(Christianity) ministry (work of a spiritual or charitable nature)
wavelength division multiplexing / WDM
proper
male worker
child labor
light engineering
foreign worker
knife work (food preparation)
assiduous and painstaking
to change workshifts
temporary job / odd job / seasonal worker
to complete a project
HSK 7-9
a mechanic
miner
social work / social worker
to do poorly done work over again / (Guangdong dialect) to go to work
working couple (husband and wife both employed)
to knock off work for the day
to help with farm work / casual laborer
plumbing and electrical work / tradesman who does both plumbing and electrical work
plumber
pottery / potter
temporary job; odd job
hired laborer / servant
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  *工* | 工* | *工
work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor
replacement worker / substitute worker
welder / solderer / CL: / welding
art design / art designer
to stop work / to shut down / to stop production
God of Water
foundry work / foundry worker
to skip work / absence without leave
tiling / bricklaying / plastering

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