工会 (工會)
gōng huì
Pinyin

Definition

工会 (工會)
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gōng huì
  1. labor union
  2. trade union
  3. CL:個|个[gè]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

员工
yuán gōng
  1. 1 staff
  2. 2 personnel
  3. 3 employee
工作
gōng zuò
  1. 1 to work
  2. 2 (of a machine) to operate
  3. 3 job
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 task
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
  7. 7 classifier: 份 fèn
  8. 8 classifier: 项 xiàng
工资
gōng zī
  1. 1 wages
  2. 2 pay
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 classifier: 份 fèn
  5. 5 classifier: 月 yuè
人工
rén gōng
  1. 1 artificial
  2. 2 manpower
  3. 3 manual work
做工
zuò gōng
  1. 1 to work with one's hands
  2. 2 manual work
  3. 3 workmanship

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

Sample Sentences

听说在美国航空公司的空乘人员都是工会的会员，航空公司不能因为他们年老色衰了就让人家下岗。而且，飞国际航线的，都是有资历有年头儿的空乘，所以年纪都比较大。
tīngshuō zài Měiguó hángkōnggōngsī de kōngchéng rényuán dōu shì gōnghuì de huìyuán ，hángkōnggōngsī bùnéng yīnwèi tāmen niánlǎosèshuāi le jiù ràng rénjiā xiàgǎng 。érqiě ，fēi guójì hángxiàn de ，dōu shì yǒu zīlì yǒu niántóur de kōngchéng ，suǒyǐ niánjì dōu bǐjiào dà 。
I hear that all in-flight service staff on US airlines are union members, so they can't be fired just because they've gotten older. Moreover, flying international routes are all controlled by more experienced staff, so they are all older.
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不要钱，是工会订的。
bù yào qián ，shì gōnghuì dìng de 。
It doesn't cost anything. The labor union's reserved it.
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那当然，关心员工的福利、娱乐、业余生活这些都是工会的工作啊。你前几天拿到的防暑用品也是工会发的呀。
nà dāngrán ，guānxīn yuángōng de fúlì 、yúlè 、yèyú shēnghuó zhèxiē dōu shì gōnghuì de gōngzuò a 。nǐ qiánjǐtiān ná dào de fángshǔ yòngpǐn yě shì gōnghuì fā de ya 。
Of course, taking care of the employees benefits, entertainment and activities are all work that the union does. The things you used a few days ago to prevent heatstroke were also provided by the union.
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工会还负责订羽毛球场地？
gōnghuì hái fùzé dìng yǔmáoqiú chǎngdì ？
The union also takes care of booking badminton courts?
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多着呢。比如，职工家里有婚丧嫁娶，工会要贺喜、慰问；退休职工聚会、旅游，也是工会负责的。
duō zhene 。bǐrú ，zhígōng jiālǐ yǒu hūnsāngjiàqǔ ，gōnghuì yào hèxǐ 、wèiwèn ；tuìxiū zhígōng jùhuì 、lǚyóu ，yě shì gōnghuì fùzé de 。
A lot. For example, when workers go through marriages or funerals, the union will congratulate or console them. The union's also responsible for retired workers' gatherings and travel.
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真有意思。除了这些，工会还干些什么？
zhēn yǒu yìsi 。chúle zhèxiē ，gōnghuì hái gàn xiē shénme ？
That's really interesting. Aside from these things, what else does the union do?
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中国的工会像管家一样啊。
Zhōngguó de gōnghuì xiàng guǎnjiā yīyàng a 。
Chinese labor unions are like household managers.
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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。
wǒ yě bùtài qīngchǔ ，yī bìyè wǒ jiù lái Zhōngguó gōngzuò le 。hái méi láidejí jiārù Měiguó gōnghuì ne 。wǒ juéde Měiguó gōnghuì bùtài guǎn zhèxiē jīmáosuànpí de xiǎoshì 。zhǔyào gōngzuò shì jiāng gōngrén liánhé qǐlai ，wèi gōngrén zhēngqǔ quányì 。
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.
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美国不是也有工会么。我听说你们的工会比我们还厉害呢。
Měiguó bùshì yě yǒu gōnghuì ma 。wǒ tīngshuō nǐmen de gōnghuì bǐ wǒmen hái lìhai ne 。
America has got unions too, right? I've heard that your unions are more powerful than ours.
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涨工资是最常见的，还有一些福利。你上次不是抱怨美国的空乘不帮乘客搬行李嘛，这就是工会帮他们争取到的权利。
zhǎng gōngzī shì zuì chángjiàn de ，háiyǒu yīxiē fúlì 。nǐ shàngcì bùshì bàoyuàn Měiguó de kōngchéng bù bāng chéngkè bān xíngli ma ，zhè jiùshì gōnghuì bāng tāmen zhēngqǔ dào de quánlì 。
Wage increases are pretty frequent, and there's also some benefits. Last time didn't you complain that the American flight attendants wouldn't help the passengers move their luggage? This is a right that the union helped them fight for.
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