窝工
wō gōng
Pinyin

Definition

窝工
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wō gōng
  1. (of workers) to have no work to do
  2. to be underutilized (due to lack of supplies, poor organization by management etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

yuán gōng
  1. 1 staff
  2. 2 personnel
  3. 3 employee
gōng zuò
  1. 1 to work
  2. 2 (of a machine) to operate
  3. 3 job
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 task
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè],份[fèn],項|项[xiàng]
gōng zī
  1. 1 wages
  2. 2 pay
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè],份[fèn],月[yuè]
rén gōng
  1. 1 artificial
  2. 2 manpower
  3. 3 manual work
zuò gōng
  1. 1 to work with one's hands
  2. 2 manual work
  3. 3 workmanship
fēn gōng
  1. 1 to divide up the work
  2. 2 division of labor
jiā gōng
  1. 1 to process
  2. 2 processing
  3. 3 working (of machinery)
wù gōng
  1. 1 to work as a laborer
huà gōng
  1. 1 chemical industry, abbr. of 化學工業|化学工业[huà xué gōng yè]
  2. 2 chemical engineering, abbr. of 化學工程|化学工程[huà xué gōng chéng]
wán gōng
  1. 1 to finish work
  2. 2 to complete a project
gōng
  1. 1 work
  2. 2 worker
  3. 3 skill
  4. 4 profession
  5. 5 trade
  6. 6 craft
  7. 7 labor
gōng rén
  1. 1 worker
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],名[míng]
gōng zuò shì
  1. 1 studio
  2. 2 workshop
gōng zuò rì
  1. 1 workday
  2. 2 working day
  3. 3 weekday
gōng zuò fú
  1. 1 work clothes
gōng zuò kuáng
  1. 1 workaholic
gōng zuò zhě
  1. 1 worker
gōng zuò liàng
  1. 1 workload
  2. 2 volume of work
gōng shāng
  1. 1 industrial injury
gōng jù
  1. 1 tool
  2. 2 instrument
  3. 3 utensil
  4. 4 means (to achieve a goal etc)

Idioms (8)

偷工减料
tōu gōng jiǎn liào
  1. 1 to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom)
  2. 2 jerry-building
  3. 3 sloppy work
工欲善其事,必先利其器
gōng yù shàn qí shì , bì xiān lì qí qì
  1. 1 To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job
异曲同工
yì qǔ tóng gōng
  1. 1 different tunes played with equal skill (idiom)
  2. 2 different methods leading to the same result
  3. 3 different approach but equally satisfactory outcome
磨刀不误砍柴工
mó dāo bù wù kǎn chái gōng
  1. 1 lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. time invested in preparations is not lost
  3. 3 a beard well lathered is half shaved
神工鬼斧
shén gōng guǐ fǔ
  1. 1 supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods
  2. 2 uncanny workmanship
  3. 3 superlative craftsmanship
良工心苦
liáng gōng xīn kǔ
  1. 1 expert craft from hard practice (idiom); hard-won skill
  2. 2 A masterpiece demands suffering.
马工枚速
Mǎ gōng Méi sù
  1. 1 Sima Xiangru is meticulous and Mei Gao is fast (idiom)
  2. 2 to each his good points
鬼斧神工
guǐ fǔ shén gōng
  1. 1 supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods
  2. 2 uncanny workmanship
  3. 3 superlative craftsmanship

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