| 勞 | [ laó ] to toil, labor, laborer, to put sb to trouble (of doing sth), meritorious deed, to console (Taiwan pr. [lao4] for this sense) |
| 勞什子 | [ laó shí zi ] (dialect) nuisance, pain |
| 勞作 | [ laó zuò ] work, manual labor |
| 勞倦 | [ laó juàn ] exhausted, worn out |
| 勞倫斯 | [ laó lún sī ] Lawrence (person name) |
| 勞傷 | [ laó shāng ] disorder of internal organs caused by overexertion |
| 勞力 | [ laó lì ] labor, able-bodied worker, laborer, work force |
| 勞力士 | [ laó lì shì ] Rolex (Swiss wristwatch brand) |
| 勞動 | [ laó dòng ] work, toil, physical labor, CL:次[ci4] |
| 勞動人民 | [ laó dòng rén mín ] working people, the workers of Socialist theory or of the glorious Chinese past |
| 勞動保險 | [ laó dòng baǒ xiǎn ] labor insurance |
| 勞動力 | [ laó dòng lì ] labor force, manpower |
| 勞動合同 | [ laó dòng hé tong ] labor contract, contract between employer and employees governing wages and conditions |
| 勞動報 | [ laó dòng baò ] Trud (Russian newspaper) |
| 勞動改造 | [ laó dòng gaǐ zaò ] reeducation through labor, laogai (prison camp) |
| 勞動教養 | [ laó dòng yǎng ] reeducation through labor |
| 勞動新聞 | [ laó dòng xīn wén ] Rodong Sinmun (Workers' news), the official newspaper of the North Korean WPK's Central Committee |
| 勞動模範 | [ laó dòng mó fàn ] model worker |
| 勞動營 | [ laó dòng yíng ] labor camp, prison camp with hard labor |
| 勞動節 | [ laó dòng jié ] International Labor Day (May Day) |
| 勞動者 | [ laó dòng zhě ] worker, laborer |
| 勞動能力 | [ laó dòng néng lì ] ability to work |
| 勞務 | [ laó wù ] service (work done for money), services (as in "goods and services") |
| 勞務交換 | [ laó wù huàn ] labor exchanges |
| 勞務人員 | [ laó wù rén yuán ] contract workers (sent abroad) |
| 勞務合同 | [ laó wù hé tong ] service contract |
| 勞務市場 | [ laó wù shì chǎng ] labor market |
| 勞勞叨叨 | [ laó lao daō daō ] variant of 嘮嘮叨叨|唠唠叨叨[lao2 lao5 dao1 dao1] |
| 勞埃德 | [ laó aī dé ] Lloyd (name), Lloyd's (London-based insurance group) |
| 勞委會 | [ laó weǐ huì ] labor committee, abbr. for 勞動委員會|劳动委员会 |
| 勞工 | [ laó gōng ] labor, laborer |
| 勞役 | [ laó yì ] forced labor, corvée (labor required of a serf), animal labor |
| 勞心 | [ laó xīn ] to work with one's brains, to rack one's brains, to worry |
| 勞心勞力 | [ laó xīn laó lì ] to tax one's mind and body, demanding (work), dedicated (worker), hard-working |
| 勞心苦思 | [ laó xīn kǔ sī ] to rack one's brains, to think hard |
| 勞拉西泮 | [ laó lā xī pàn ] lorazepam |
| 勞損 | [ laó sǔn ] strain (medicine) |
| 勞改 | [ laó gaǐ ] abbr. for 勞動改造|劳动改造[lao2 dong4 gai3 zao4], reform through labor, laogai (prison camp) |
| 勞改營 | [ laó gaǐ yíng ] correctional labor camp |
| 勞教 | [ laó ] reeducation through labor |
| 勞教所 | [ laó suǒ ] correctional institution, labor camp |
| 勞斯萊斯 | [ laó sī laí sī ] Rolls-Royce |
| 勞方 | [ laó fāng ] labor (as opposed to capital or management), the workers |
| 勞模 | [ laó mó ] model worker |
| 勞民傷財 | [ laó mín shāng caí ] waste of manpower and resources |
| 勞煩 | [ laó fán ] to inconvenience, to trouble (sb with a request) |
| 勞燕分飛 | [ laó yàn fēn feī ] the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions (idiom), (usually of a couple) to part from each other |
| 勞碌 | [ laó lù ] to work hard, to toil |
| 勞神 | [ laó shén ] to be a tax on (one's mind), to bother, to trouble, to be concerned |
| 勞累 | [ laó leì ] tired, exhausted, worn out, to toil |
| 勞而無功 | [ laó ér wú gōng ] to work hard while accomplishing little, to toil to no avail |
| 勞苦 | [ laó kǔ ] to toil, hard work |
| 勞資 | [ laó zī ] labor and capital, labor and management |
| 勞資關係 | [ laó zī guān xì ] industrial relations, relations between labor and capital |
| 勞逸 | [ laó yì ] work and rest |
| 勞逸結合 | [ laó yì jié hé ] to strike a balance between work and rest (idiom) |
| 勞雇 | [ laó gù ] labor and employer |
| 勞雇關係 | [ laó gù guān xì ] relations between labor and employer, industrial relations |
| 勞頓 | [ laó dùn ] (literary) fatigued, wearied |
| 勞駕 | [ laó jià ] excuse me |
| ⇒ 一勞永逸 | [ yī laó yǒng yì ] to get sth done once and for all |
| ⇒ 不勞無獲 | [ bù laó wú huò ] no pain, no gain (idiom) |
| ⇒ 不勞而獲 | [ bù laó ér huò ] to reap without sowing (idiom) |
| ⇒ 不辭勞苦 | [ bù cí laó kǔ ] to spare no effort |
| ⇒ 五勞七傷 | [ wǔ laó 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) |
| ⇒ 代勞 | [ daì laó ] to do sth in place of sb else |
| ⇒ 以逸待勞 | [ yǐ yì daì laó ] to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy, to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom) |
| ⇒ 任勞任怨 | [ rèn laó rèn yuàn ] to work hard without complaint (idiom) |
| ⇒ 伯勞 | [ bó laó ] shrike |
| ⇒ 伯勞鳥 | [ bó laó ] shrike (family Laniidae) |
| ⇒ 偏勞 | [ piān laó ] undue trouble, Thank you for having gone out of your way to help me. |
| ⇒ 克勞修斯 | [ kè laó xiū sī ] Rudolf Clausius (1822-1888), German physicist and mathematician |
| ⇒ 克勞德 | [ kè laó dé ] Claude (name) |
| ⇒ 克勞斯 | [ kè laó sī ] Claus or Klaus (name) |
| ⇒ 克勞福德 | [ kè laó fú dé ] Crawford (town in Texas) |
| ⇒ 凱法勞尼亞 | [ kaǐ fǎ laó ní yà ] Kefalonia, Greek Island in the Ionian sea |
| ⇒ 刻苦耐勞 | [ kè kǔ naì laó ] to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering, hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity |
| ⇒ 功勞 | [ gōng laó ] contribution, meritorious service, credit |
| ⇒ 勞勞叨叨 | [ laó lao daō daō ] variant of 嘮嘮叨叨|唠唠叨叨[lao2 lao5 dao1 dao1] |
| ⇒ 勞心勞力 | [ laó xīn laó lì ] to tax one's mind and body, demanding (work), dedicated (worker), hard-working |
| ⇒ 勤儉耐勞 | [ qín jiǎn naì laó ] diligent and able to endure hardship (idiom) |
| ⇒ 勤勞 | [ qín laó ] hardworking, industrious, diligent |
| ⇒ 勤勞不虞匱乏 | [ qín laó bù yú kuì fá ] Poverty is a stranger to industry. (idiom) |
| ⇒ 勤勞者 | [ qín laó zhě ] worker |
| ⇒ 勤勞致富 | [ qín laó zhì fù ] to become rich by one's own efforts, self-made |
| ⇒ 半勞動力 | [ bàn laó dòng lì ] one able to do light manual labor only, semi-able-bodied or part time (farm) worker |
| ⇒ 南灰伯勞 | [ nán huī bó laó ] (bird species of China) southern grey shrike (Lanius meridionalis) |
| ⇒ 厚生勞動省 | [ hoù shēng laó dòng shěng ] Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (Japan) |
| ⇒ 史特勞斯 | [ shǐ tè laó sī ] (Tw) Strauss (name), Johann Strauss (1825-1899), Austrian composer, Richard Strauss (1864-1949), German composer |
| ⇒ 吃苦耐勞 | [ chī kǔ naì laó ] hardworking and enduring hardships (idiom) |
| ⇒ 唁勞 | [ yàn laó ] to offer condolences, Taiwan pr. [yan4 lao4] |
| ⇒ 國際勞動節 | [ guó jì laó dòng jié ] May Day, International Labor Day (May 1) |
| ⇒ 國際勞工組織 | [ guó jì laó gōng zǔ zhī ] International Labor Organization |
| ⇒ 外勞 | [ waì laó ] abbr. for 外籍勞工|外籍劳工[wai4 ji2 lao2 gong1], foreign worker |
| ⇒ 外籍勞工 | [ waì jí laó gōng ] foreign worker |
| ⇒ 多勞多得 | [ duō laó duō dé ] work more and get more |
| ⇒ 好逸惡勞 | [ haò yì wù laó ] to love ease and comfort and hate work (idiom) |
| ⇒ 布勞恩 | [ bù laó ēn ] Browne (person name) |
| ⇒ 帕勞 | [ pà laó ] Republic of Palau or Belau (Pacific island nation) |
| ⇒ 強迫勞動 | [ qiǎng pò laó dòng ] forced labor (as punishment in criminal case) |
| ⇒ 徒勞 | [ tú laó ] futile |
| ⇒ 徒勞無功 | [ tú laó wú gōng ] to work to no avail (idiom) |
| ⇒ 徒勞無益 | [ tú laó wú yì ] futile endeavor (idiom) |
| ⇒ 慢性疲勞症候群 | [ màn xìng pí laó zhèng hoù qún ] chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) |
| ⇒ 慰勞 | [ weì laó ] to show appreciation (by kind words, small gifts etc), to comfort |
| ⇒ 房勞 | [ fáng laó ] deficiency of kidney essence due to sexual excess (TCM) |
| ⇒ 托克勞 | [ tuō kè laó ] Tokelau (territory of New Zealand) |
| ⇒ 拉文克勞 | [ lā wén kè laó ] Ravenclaw (Harry Potter) |
| ⇒ 按勞分配 | [ àn laó fēn peì ] distribution according to work |
| ⇒ 操勞 | [ caō laó ] to work hard, to look after |
| ⇒ 效勞 | [ laó ] to serve (in some capacity), to work for |
| ⇒ 效犬馬之勞 | [ quǎn mǎ zhī laó ] to render one's humble services, to be at sb's beck and call |
| ⇒ 施特勞斯 | [ shī tè laó sī ] Strauss (name), Johann Strauss (1825-1899), Austrian composer, Richard Strauss (1864-1949), German composer |
| ⇒ 有勞 | [ yoǔ laó ] (polite) thank you for your trouble (used when asking a favor or after having received one) |
| ⇒ 有勞得獎 | [ yoǔ laó dé jiǎng ] a good dog deserves a bone (idiom) |
| ⇒ 朝勞動黨 | [ chaó laó dòng dǎng ] Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party of North Korea |
| ⇒ 朝鮮勞動黨 | [ chaó xiǎn laó dòng dǎng ] Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party of North Korea |
| ⇒ 枉勞 | [ wǎng laó ] to work in vain |
| ⇒ 栗背伯勞 | [ lì beì bó laó ] (bird species of China) Burmese shrike (Lanius collurioides) |
| ⇒ 棕尾伯勞 | [ zōng weǐ bó laó ] (bird species of China) red-tailed shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides) |
| ⇒ 棕背伯勞 | [ zōng beì bó laó ] (bird species of China) long-tailed shrike (Lanius schach) |
| ⇒ 楔尾伯勞 | [ xiē weǐ bó laó ] (bird species of China) Chinese grey shrike (Lanius sphenocercus) |
| ⇒ 汗馬功勞 | [ hàn mǎ gōng laó ] war exploits, (fig.) heroic contribution |
| ⇒ 灰伯勞 | [ huī bó laó ] (bird species of China) great grey shrike (Lanius excubitor) |
| ⇒ 灰背伯勞 | [ huī beì bó laó ] (bird species of China) grey-backed shrike (Lanius tephronotus) |
| ⇒ 煩勞 | [ fán laó ] to put sb to trouble (of doing sth), vexation, inconvenience |
| ⇒ 牛頭伯勞 | [ niú toú bó laó ] (bird species of China) bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus) |
| ⇒ 犒勞 | [ kaò laó ] to reward with food and drink, to feast (sb), presents of food etc made to troops, Taiwan pr. [kao4 lao4] |
| ⇒ 犬馬之勞 | [ quǎn mǎ zhī laó ] lit. the service of a dog or a horse (idiom), fig. faithful service |
| ⇒ 生產勞動 | [ shēng chǎn laó dòng ] productive labor |
| ⇒ 疲勞 | [ pí laó ] fatigue, wearily, weariness, weary |
| ⇒ 疲勞症 | [ pí laó zhèng ] fatigue |
| ⇒ 眼過勞 | [ yǎn guò laó ] eye strain |
| ⇒ 神勞形瘁 | [ shén laó xíng cuì ] to be completely drained both emotionally and physically (idiom) |
| ⇒ 積勞成疾 | [ jī laó chéng jí ] to accumulate work causes sickness (idiom); to fall ill from constant overwork |
| ⇒ 紅尾伯勞 | [ hóng weǐ bó laó ] (bird species of China) brown shrike (Lanius cristatus) |
| ⇒ 紅背伯勞 | [ hóng beì bó laó ] (bird species of China) red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) |
| ⇒ 美勞 | [ meǐ laó ] (Tw) arts and crafts (as a school subject) |
| ⇒ 耐勞 | [ naì laó ] hardy, able to resist hardship |
| ⇒ 聖勞倫斯河 | [ shèng laó lún sī hé ] St Lawrence River, Canada |
| ⇒ 聯產到勞 | [ lián chǎn daò laó ] to pay sb according to their productivity |
| ⇒ 能者多勞 | [ néng zhě duō laó ] 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) |
| ⇒ 腦力勞動 | [ naǒ lì laó dòng ] mental labor, intellectual work |
| ⇒ 舉手之勞 | [ jǔ shoǔ zhī laó ] lit. the exertion of lifting one's hand (idiom), fig. a very slight effort |
| ⇒ 舟車勞頓 | [ zhoū chē laó dùn ] travel-worn |
| ⇒ 苦勞 | [ kǔ laó ] toil, hard work |
| ⇒ 草原灰伯勞 | [ caǒ yuán huī bó laó ] (bird species of China) steppe grey shrike (Lanius pallidirostris) |
| ⇒ 荒漠伯勞 | [ huāng mò bó laó ] (bird species of China) isabelline shrike (Lanius isabellinus) |
| ⇒ 虎紋伯勞 | [ hǔ wén bó laó ] (bird species of China) tiger shrike (Lanius tigrinus) |
| ⇒ 賢勞 | [ xián laó ] diligent |
| ⇒ 辛勞 | [ xīn laó ] laborious |
| ⇒ 過勞 | [ guò laó ] overwork |
| ⇒ 過勞死 | [ guò laó sǐ ] karoshi (loanword from Japanese), death from overwork |
| ⇒ 過勞肥 | [ guò laó feí ] overweight from overwork (the supposition that white collar workers become fat as a consequence of factors associated with being under pressure at work, including irregular diet, lack of exercise and inadequate rest) |
| ⇒ 遠勞 | [ yuǎn laó ] (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) |
| ⇒ 酬勞 | [ choú laó ] reward |
| ⇒ 重複性勞損 | [ chóng fù xìng laó sǔn ] repetitive strain injury (RSI) |
| ⇒ 金屬疲勞 | [ jīn shǔ pí laó ] metal fatigue |
| ⇒ 陸勞 | [ lù laó ] laborer from mainland China (Tw) |
| ⇒ 鞍馬勞頓 | [ ān mǎ laó dùn ] travel-worn |
| ⇒ 體力勞動 | [ tǐ lì laó dòng ] physical labor |
| ⇒ 麥當勞 | [ maì dāng laó ] MacDonald or McDonald (name), McDonald's (fast food company) |
| ⇒ 麥當勞叔叔 | [ maì dāng laó shū shu ] Ronald McDonald |
| ⇒ 黑額伯勞 | [ heī é bó laó ] (bird species of China) lesser grey shrike (Lanius minor) |