窝工 (窩工)
wō gōng
Pinyin

Definition

窝工 (窩工)
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wō gōng
  1. (of workers) to have no work to do
  2. to be underutilized (due to lack of supplies, poor organization by management etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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 classifier: 个 gè
  7. 7 classifier: 份 fèn
  8. 8 classifier: 项 xiàng
gōng zī
  1. 1 wages
  2. 2 pay
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 classifier: 份 fèn
  5. 5 classifier: 月 yuè
rén gōng
  1. 1 artificial
  2. 2 manpower
  3. 3 manual work
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