láo

labor, toil, do manual work

HSK 5 #679

DEFINITIONS

劳 láo
  • to toil
  • labor
  • laborer
  • to put sb to trouble (of doing sth)
  • meritorious deed
  • to console (Taiwan pr. [lao4] for this sense)

STROKES

WORDS

什子 láo shí zi (dialect) nuisance; pain
动模范 láo dòng mó fàn model worker
而无功 láo ér wú gōng to work hard while accomplishing little; to toil to no avail
资 láo zī labor and capital; labor and management
逸结合 láo yì jié hé to strike a balance between work and rest (idiom)
好逸恶 hào yì wù láo to love ease and comfort and hate work (idiom)
恩 bù láo ēn Browne (person name)
拉文克 lā wén kè láo Ravenclaw (Harry Potter)
脑力动 nǎo lì láo dòng mental labor; intellectual work
kǔ láo toil; hard work
以逸待 yǐ yì dài láo to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy; to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom)
分配 àn láo fēn pèi distribution according to work
fán láo to put sb to trouble (of doing sth); vexation; inconvenience
nài láo hardy; able to resist hardship
能者多 néng zhě duō láo it's the most capable people who do the most work (idiom) (intended as consolation for the overworked, or flattery when making a request etc)
无获 bù láo wú huò no pain, no gain (idiom)
七伤 wǔ láo qī shāng (TCM) "five strains and seven impairments", five referring to the five viscera 五臟|五脏[wu3 zang4], and seven to adverse effects on one's body as a result of: overeating (spleen), anger (liver), moisture (kidney), cold (lung), worry (heart), wind and rain (outer appearance) and fear (mind)
bó láo shrike
鸟 bó láo niǎo shrike (family Laniidae)
piān láo undue trouble; Thank you for having gone out of your way to help me.
修斯 kè láo xiū sī Rudolf Clausius (1822-1888), German physicist and mathematician
凯法尼亚 kǎi fǎ láo ní yà Kefalonia, Greek Island in the Ionian sea
刻苦耐 kè kǔ nài láo to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering; hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity
倦 láo juàn exhausted; worn out
伤 láo shāng disorder of internal organs caused by overexertion