工人
gōng rén
Pinyin
Definition
工人
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- worker
- CL:個|个[gè],名[míng]
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一人得道,鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一鸣惊人
- 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
三人成虎
- 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行,必有我师
- 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
- 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三个女人一台戏
- 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
Sample Sentences
这儿看上去规模挺大的。有多少工人啊?
It looks quite big. How many workers are there in the factory?
可是,有没有考虑过工人皮埃德罗的感受,作为一个熟练的技术工人,与其说他在享受操纵、控制机器的快感,
If we consider the feelings of Pietro, as an experienced technician, instead of saying he gains happiness from manipulating a machine,
一看大哥就是实在人,我现在上班的服装厂刚好在招工人,要不我带你去试一下,包吃包住,一个月下来能有好几十的工资呢。
I see that you're a practical person. I'm currently work at a clothes factory that just happens to be looking for workers. How about I bring you to try for it. It includes meals and accommodation and you can earn somewhere under RMB100.
现在去也可以,但有个事情我得先跟大哥说明白,我们厂里招人,一般都要熟人推荐,这点没问题有我在就可以了,但我们厂还有个规矩,就是进厂的员工要交一百块钱的保证金,厂里也是怕工人做了没几天就不干了,只要在厂里做足一个月,这一百块保证金到时候就全部退还给你,大哥你看这个……
We can go now if you like, but I should explain something to you first. Our factory generally only takes people on recommendations. That's not a problem if I'm here, but there's also a rule in our factory that all employees have to give a RMB100 deposit on starting work at the factory. The factory is concerned that workers will quit after a few days. You just need to work at the factory for a month and they'll return your RMB100 cash deposit in full. Look at this, buddy...
张铁柱在厂门口等着,时间一分一秒过去了,始终不见有人出来,心中不安起来,他问遍了所有出来的工人,厂里是否有这个人,大家都摇头说不知道。张铁柱这时突然��识到自己被骗了,而且被骗了全部的身家。他一屁股瘫坐在地上,欲哭无泪。
Zhang Tiezhu waits at the gate of the factory. As minutes pass, without seeing anyone emerging, he begins to get uneasy. He asks everyone who comes out of the factory if the guy really works at the factory. Everyone shakes their head and says that they don't know. It suddenly dawns on Zhang Tiezhu that he's been conned, and that he's been conned out of everything he owns. His legs give out and he falls to the ground, wanting to cry but no tears come.
许多工人在恶劣的环境下工作。
Many people work under terrible conditions.
我也不太清楚,一毕业我就来中国工作了。还没来得及加入美国工会呢。我觉得美国工会不太管这些鸡毛蒜皮的小事。主要工作是将工人联合起来,为工人争取权益。
I don't really know. As soon as I graduated, I came to China to work. I didn't have enough time to join an American union. I think that American unions don't really take care of these small kind of things. Their most important job is to bring workers together and fight for their rights and their benefits.
改革了以后呢,企业就不需要那么多的员工了,所以很多的工人就下岗了。
After the reform, the company didn't need so many employees, so many workers were laid off.
你好,我要搬家,想预订车子和工人。
Hello, I'm going to be moving house and I want to book a truck and some movers.
楼层费每层十块,有电梯的话只收二十。工人费用按时间算,每小时25。空调移机150。
There's a fee of 10 kuai per floor. If there's an elevator, it only costs 20 kuai. The movers fee is calculated according to their time. Each hour is 25 kuai. Moving the air conditioner costs 150 kuai.