工部
Gōng Bù
Pinyin

Definition

工部
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Gōng Bù
  1. Ministry of Works (in imperial China)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

quán bù
  1. 1 whole
  2. 2 entire
  3. 3 complete
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]
  1. 1 ministry
  2. 2 department
  3. 3 section
  4. 4 part
  5. 5 division
  6. 6 troops
  7. 7 board
  8. 8 classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc
bù fen
  1. 1 part
  2. 2 share
  3. 3 section
  4. 4 piece
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
yī bù fen
  1. 1 portion
  2. 2 part of
  3. 3 subset
zhōng bù
  1. 1 middle part
  2. 2 central section
rén gōng
  1. 1 artificial
  2. 2 manpower
  3. 3 manual work
jù lè bù
  1. 1 club (the organisation or its premises) (loanword)
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
zuò gōng
  1. 1 to work with one's hands
  2. 2 manual work
  3. 3 workmanship
nèi bù
  1. 1 interior
  2. 2 inside (part, section)
  3. 3 internal
Gōng ān bù
  1. 1 Ministry of Public Security
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)
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]
běi bù
  1. 1 northern part
nán bù
  1. 1 southern part
Shāng wù bù
  1. 1 Department of Trade
  2. 2 Department of Commerce
Wài jiāo bù
  1. 1 Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  2. 2 foreign office
  3. 3 Dept. of State

Idioms (9)

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
按部就班
àn bù jiù bān
  1. 1 to follow the prescribed order; to keep to the working routine (idiom)
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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