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 tool

2 instrument

3 utensil

4 means (to achieve a goal etc)

1 wages

2 pay

3 classifier: 个 gè

4 classifier: 份 fèn

5 classifier: 月 yuè

1 to torment

2 to torture

1 to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)

1 long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom)

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

2 jerry-building

3 sloppy work

1 a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)

1 to hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home

2 to hit the nail on the head (in an argument)