1 staff

2 personnel

3 employee

1 to work

2 (of a machine) to operate

3 job

4 work

5 task

6 classifier: 个 gè

7 classifier: 份 fèn

8 classifier: 项 xiàng

1 wages

2 pay

3 classifier: 个 gè

4 classifier: 份 fèn

5 classifier: 月 yuè

1 artificial

2 manpower

3 manual work

1 to work with one's hands

2 manual work

3 workmanship

1 to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case

2 prepared for any eventualities

1 to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom)

2 jerry-building

3 sloppy work

1 frugality in order to prevent destitution (idiom)

1 To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job

1 lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies