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HSK
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
artificial / manpower / manual work
HSK 3
employee; staff member; worker
HSK 3
to process / processing / working (of machinery)
HSK 3
handwork / manual
HSK 4
to divide up the work / division of labor
HSK 6
cleaner / janitor / garbage collector
HSK 6
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
a strike / to go on strike
HSK 6
volunteer worker / volunteer work
HSK 7-9
to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation) / to start a construction job
HSK 7-9
construction / to carry out construction or large-scale repairs
HSK 7-9
to complete a project
HSK 7-9
to start (a building project)
HSK 7-9
to slacken off in one's work / to go slow (as a form of strike)
HSK 7-9
migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work)
HSK 7-9
docker / longshoreman
baggage handler
political work / ideological work
chemical industry (abbr. for 化學工業|化学工业) / chemical engineering (abbr. for 化學工程|化学工程)
(of workers) to have no work to do / to be underutilized (due to lack of supplies, poor organization by management etc)
(Tw) foreign worker (abbr. for 移住勞工|移住劳工)
science and engineering as academic subjects
to exchange labor / labor exchange (system of sharing workforce resources)
to finish work / to complete a project
(Tw) a volunteer
social work / social worker
labor / laborer
concept-driven processing
day labor / piece-time work
to release from work at the end of the day
art design / art designer
to work with one's hands / manual work / workmanship
plumber / pipe-worker
skilled worker
secret service / special service / secret service agent / special agent
plumbing and electrical work / tradesman who does both plumbing and electrical work
miner
river conservancy works (dike maintenance, dredging etc) / river conservancy worker
heavy industry
electrician / electrical engineering / electrical work (in a house)
anonymous state-sponsored Internet commentator
teaching and administrative staff
temporary worker; temp / temporary work
bricklaying
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  *工* | 工* | *工
work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor
to return to work (after a stoppage)
Seiko, Japanese watch and electronics company
refined / delicate / exquisite (craftsmanship)
to idle on the job
to skip work / absence without leave
to work against the clock / to hurry with work to get it done in time
different tunes played with equal skill (idiom) / different methods leading to the same result / different approach but equally satisfactory outcome
agricultural worker / abbr. for 農業工人|农业工人 / peasant and worker (in Marxism)
teaching and administrative staff
unskilled worker
to help with farm work / casual laborer
to be late for or absent from work / to disrupt one's work; to cause a holdup in the work / loss of working time; a holdup
worker employed by the month
to change workshifts
porter
hired laborer / servant
to record work points 工分
working couple (husband and wife both employed)
to work for a trial period / worker on probation
to do poorly done work over again / (Guangdong dialect) to go to work
child labor
foundry work / foundry worker
to stop work for the day (generally of laborers) / to knock off
to oversee workers / overseer; foreman
replacement worker / substitute worker
to stop work / to shut down / to stop production
milling (machining) / milling machine operator
young worker (esp of the CCP)
to knock off work for the day
plumber / heating engineer
to sell one's labor
supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods / uncanny workmanship / superlative craftsmanship
light engineering
riveter / worker with rivets
grade 8 worker (highest on the eight grade wage scale) / top-grade worker
hard labor (in penal code) / coolie
welder / solderer / CL: / welding
to knock off (at the end of a day's work) / to finish work
working woman / variant of 女紅|女红
to recruit employees
knife work (food preparation)
God of Water
to undertake to perform work within a time limit and according to specifications / to contract for a job / contractor
temporary job / odd job / seasonal worker
OEM (original equipment manufacturer)
boatman / boat builder
apprentice / trainee worker
stonemasonry / stonemason
sit-in strike
mason / masonry work
tiling / bricklaying / plastering
plumber
time division multiplexing / TDM

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