零工
líng gōng
Pinyin

Definition

零工
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líng gōng
  1. temporary job
  2. odd job

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 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]
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
diāo líng
  1. 1 withered
  2. 2 wilted
  3. 3 to wither
  4. 4 to fade
  5. 5 to decay
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)
wù gōng
  1. 1 to work as a laborer
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]
wán gōng
  1. 1 to finish work
  2. 2 to complete a project
gōng
  1. 1 work
  2. 2 worker
  3. 3 skill
  4. 4 profession
  5. 5 trade
  6. 6 craft
  7. 7 labor
gōng rén
  1. 1 worker
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],名[míng]
gōng zuò shì
  1. 1 studio
  2. 2 workshop
gōng zuò rì
  1. 1 workday
  2. 2 working day
  3. 3 weekday
gōng zuò fú
  1. 1 work clothes
gōng zuò kuáng
  1. 1 workaholic
gōng zuò zhě
  1. 1 worker
gōng zuò liàng
  1. 1 workload
  2. 2 volume of work
gōng shāng
  1. 1 industrial injury

Idioms (15)

七零八落
qī líng bā luò
  1. 1 (idiom) everything broken and in disorder
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
化整为零
huà zhěng wéi líng
  1. 1 to break up the whole into pieces (idiom); dealing with things one by one
  2. 2 divide and conquer
四海飘零
sì hǎi piāo líng
  1. 1 drifting aimlessly all over the place (idiom)
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
感激涕零
gǎn jī tì líng
  1. 1 to shed tears of gratitude (idiom); moved to tears
琴剑飘零
qín jiàn piāo líng
  1. 1 floating between zither and sword (idiom); fig. wandering aimlessly with no tenured position
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.
零打碎敲
líng dǎ suì qiāo
  1. 1 to do things in bits and pieces (idiom); piecemeal work
零敲碎打
líng qiāo suì dǎ
  1. 1 to do things in bits and pieces (idiom); piecemeal work
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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