磨洋工 mó yáng gōng

to idle on the job

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 65522nd word

Definitions

  1. 1. to idle on the job

Characters

Character Meaning
磨 mó HSK 6
to rub; to grind; to waste time
洋 yáng HSK 4
foreign; ocean; vast
工 gōng HSK 1
work; labor; worker