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HSK
salary / wage
HSK 6
annual salary
HSK 7-9
salary
leave of absence without pay
paid leave
to receive one's regular salary (while on vacation, study leave etc) / paid (leave) / on full pay
to pay wages or salary
salary / wage
monthly income (in kind)
to cut wages
salary; wage
salaried class
salaried class
to hire at a high salary
hourly wage
to raise salary
daily wage
basic salary / base pay / salary floor
unpaid leave / leave without pay
add firewood to put out the flames (idiom); fig. ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse / to add fuel to the fire
lit. to carry firewood to put out a fire (idiom); fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action
high salary
salary / pay
to take drastic measures to deal with a situation / to pull the carpet from under sb
lit. to bend the chimney and remove the firewood (to prevent fire) (idiom) / fig. to take preventive measures
lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom); fig. an utterly inadequate measure
pay / remuneration / salary / reward
starting salary
weekly salary
payday
lit. the flame of a burning piece of firewood passes on to the rest (idiom) / fig. (of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another
(old) (military and police) pay; wages / (Tw) salary
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *薪* | 薪* | *薪
(literary) firewood; fuel / (bound form) salary
to receive a raise in salary
to owe wages / back pay / wages arrears
lit. to put a fire under a pile of firewood (idiom) / fig. hidden danger / imminent danger
to seek unpaid wages
high salary, generous remuneration
lit. to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Goujian of Yue 勾踐|勾践, in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom) / fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge
high salary
firewood
to add fuel to the flames
(of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another, abbr. for 薪盡火傳|薪尽火传
(Tw) leave of absence without pay
policy of high pay to discourage corruption


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