劳务 láowù service (work done for money)
service (work done for money); services (as in "goods and services")
How to remember 劳务: 劳 to labor + 务 affairs = service (work done for money).
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How it is used
- Labor services as an economic category - 劳务输出 (láowù shūchū) export of labor; 劳务合同 a labor-service contract.
- Business/legal term: work performed for pay, in the 'goods and services' sense.
- Distinct from 服务 (service to customers); 劳务 stresses the labor supplied.