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fatigue / wearily / weariness / weary
HSK 7-9
to work hard / to look after
HSK 7-9
hardworking / industrious / diligent
HSK 7-9
contribution / meritorious service / credit
HSK 7-9
to show appreciation (by kind words, small gifts etc) / to comfort
HSK 7-9
to reward with food and drink / to feast (sb) / presents of food etc made to troops / Taiwan pr. [kao4 lao4]
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(bound form) to toil; labor / (bound form) laborer / (bound form) meritorious deed / (bound form) fatigue / to put sb to the trouble (of doing sth) / to express one's appreciation (Taiwan pr. [lao4])
McDonald's (fast food company)
futile
hardworking and enduring hardships (idiom)
laborious
lit. the exertion of lifting one's hand (idiom) / fig. a very slight effort
Republic of Palau or Belau (Pacific island nation)
reward
to serve (in some capacity) / to work for
to do sth in place of sb else
war exploits / (fig.) heroic contribution
to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy / to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom)
toil / hard work
hardy / able to resist hardship
foreign worker (abbr. for 外籍勞工|外籍劳工)
to love ease and comfort and hate work (idiom)
(idiom) it's the most capable people who do the most work (intended as consolation for the overworked, or flattery when making a request etc)
to put sb to trouble (of doing sth) / vexation / inconvenience
to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering / hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity
lit. the service of a dog or a horse (idiom) / fig. faithful service
undue trouble / Thank you for having gone out of your way to help me.
(polite) thank you for your trouble (used when asking a favor or after having received one)
overwork
laborer from mainland China (Tw)
Tokelau (territory of New Zealand)
diligent
(courteous expression) you have made a long and exhausting journey / you will be making a long trip (when asking a favor that involves going to a faraway place)
to offer condolences / Taiwan pr. [yan4 lao4]
shrike
to work in vain
deficiency of kidney essence due to sexual excess (TCM)
Ravenclaw (Harry Potter)
(bird species of China) northern shrike (Lanius borealis)
(bird species of China) bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus)
to pay sb according to their productivity
(bird species of China) tiger shrike (Lanius tigrinus)
(bird species of China) Burmese shrike (Lanius collurioides)
(bird species of China) lesser grey shrike (Lanius minor)
(bird species of China) southern grey shrike (Lanius meridionalis)
to render one's humble services / to be at sb's beck and call
(bird species of China) red-tailed shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides)
(bird species of China) long-tailed shrike (Lanius schach)
(bird species of China) Chinese grey shrike (Lanius sphenocercus)
(bird species of China) grey-backed shrike (Lanius tephronotus)
eye strain
(bird species of China) brown shrike (Lanius cristatus)
(bird species of China) red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio)
(Tw) arts and crafts (as a school subject)
(bird species of China) steppe grey shrike (Lanius pallidirostris)
(bird species of China) isabelline shrike (Lanius isabellinus)
metal fatigue


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