劳动 láodòng work
work; toil; physical labor
怎么记住“劳动”: 劳 to labor + 动 move = work.
汉字
用法
- Physical labor / work, often with a dignified or collective ring - 体力劳动 (tǐlì láodòng) manual labor; 劳动人民 (láodòng rénmín) the working people.
- Contrast plain 工作 (gōngzuò, a job/to work): 劳动 stresses the physical toil and effort, and carries political/moral weight (劳动光荣 labor is glorious).
- Appears in fixed terms: 劳动节 (Láodòng Jié) Labor Day, 劳动力 (láodònglì) workforce.
例句
- 多劳动对身体有好处。 Duō láodòng duì shēntǐ yǒu hǎochù.It's good for one's health to do manual labor.
- 他对自己的劳动成果很满意。 Tā duì zìjǐ de láodòngchéngguǒ hěn mǎnyì.He was satisfied with the work he had done.