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annual salary
HSK 7-9
to raise salary
monthly income (in kind)
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  *薪* | 薪* | *薪
(literary) firewood; fuel / (bound form) salary
to take drastic measures to deal with a situation / to pull the carpet from under sb
basic salary / base pay / salary floor
daily wage
(Tw) leave of absence without pay
high salary
to cut wages
lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom); fig. an utterly inadequate measure
weekly salary
to owe wages / back pay / wages arrears
firewood
hourly wage
lit. to bend the chimney and remove the firewood (to prevent fire) (idiom) / fig. to take preventive measures
to receive one's regular salary (while on vacation, study leave etc) / paid (leave) / on full pay
starting salary
lit. to put a fire under a pile of firewood (idiom) / fig. hidden danger / imminent danger
to receive a raise in salary
add firewood to put out the flames (idiom); fig. ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse / to add fuel to the fire
to pay wages or salary
to seek unpaid wages


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