童工
tóng gōng
Pinyin

Definition

童工
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tóng gōng
  1. child labor

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

儿童
ér tóng
  1. 1 child
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
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 CL:個|个[gè],份[fèn],項|项[xiàng]
工资
gōng zī
  1. 1 wages
  2. 2 pay
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè],份[fèn],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
分工
fēn gōng
  1. 1 to divide up the work
  2. 2 division of labor
加工
jiā gōng
  1. 1 to process
  2. 2 processing
  3. 3 working (of machinery)
务工
wù gōng
  1. 1 to work as a laborer
化工
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]
女童
nu:3 tóng
  1. 1 small girl
孩童
hái tóng
  1. 1 child
完工
wán gōng
  1. 1 to finish work
  2. 2 to complete a project
工
gōng
  1. 1 work
  2. 2 worker
  3. 3 skill
  4. 4 profession
  5. 5 trade
  6. 6 craft
  7. 7 labor
工人
gōng rén
  1. 1 worker
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],名[míng]
工作室
gōng zuò shì
  1. 1 studio
  2. 2 workshop
工作日
gōng zuò rì
  1. 1 workday
  2. 2 working day
  3. 3 weekday
工作服
gōng zuò fú
  1. 1 work clothes
工作狂
gōng zuò kuáng
  1. 1 workaholic
工作者
gōng zuò zhě
  1. 1 worker

Idioms (12)

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
童叟无欺
tóng sǒu wú qī
  1. 1 cheating neither old nor young (idiom); treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously
  2. 2 Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike.
童言无忌
tóng yán wú jì
  1. 1 children's words carry no harm (idiom)
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.
返老还童
fǎn lǎo huán tóng
  1. 1 to recover one's youthful vigor
  2. 2 to feel rejuvenated (idiom)
金童玉女
jīn tóng yù nu:3
  1. 1 lit. golden boys and jade maidens (idiom)
  2. 2 attendants of the Daoist immortals
  3. 3 fig. lovely young children
  4. 4 a golden couple
  5. 5 (of a couple who are in the public eye) a lovely young couple
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

Sample Sentences

雇佣童工？这个说法太严重了。雇佣童工可是犯法，要坐牢的。要是知道的话，肯定不会叫他干活了。而且他父母叫他干活也不会付他工钱。
gùyōng tóng gōng ？zhè ge shuōfa tài yánzhòng le 。gùyōng tóng gōng kěshì fànfǎ ，yào zuòláo de 。yàoshì zhīdào dehuà ，kěndìng bùhuì jiào tā gànhuó le 。érqiě tā fùmǔ jiào tā gànhuó yě bùhuì fù tā gōngqián 。
Child labor? That's a pretty serious way of putting it. Child labor is against the law. You'll go to prison for it. If they knew that, they definitely wouldn't have him work. Also, if his parents have him work they aren't going to pay him.
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啊？他还是个孩子，怎么能叫他干活呢？这样做不是在雇佣童工吗？
ǎ ？tā hái shì ge háizi ，zěnme néng jiào tā gànhuó ne ？zhèyàng zuò bùshì zài gùyōng tónggōng ma ？
Huh? He's still a kid. How can they have him work? Wouldn't this mean his parents are using child labor?
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那现在这位同事小贺，他是我们整个中文播客里面年纪可能最小的，87年出生，还好你成年了，我们没有涉嫌招用童工。那小贺，你那个年代可能过六一儿童节又不太一样了。
nà xiànzài zhè wèi tóngshì Xiǎo Hè ，tā shì wǒ men zhěnggè Zhōngwén bōkè lǐmiàn niánjì kěnéng zuìxiǎo de ，bā qī nián chūshēng ，hái hǎo nǐ chéngnián le ，wǒmen méiyǒu shèxián zhāoyòng tóng gōng 。nà XiǎoHè ，nǐ nàge niándài kěnéng guò liùyī Értóng Jié yòu bù tàiyíyàng le 。
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