窝工
窝工
wō gōng
(of workers) to have no work to do; to be underutilized (due to lack of supplies, poor organization by management etc)
verb
Traditional: 窩工
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- (verb) (of workers) to have no work to do
- to be underutilized (due to lack of supplies, poor organization by management etc)
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Related Words
劳方(láo fāng)— labor (as opposed to capital or management)
→过劳肥(guò láo féi)— 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)
→一曝十寒(yī pù shí hán)— one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
→四分五裂(sì fēn wǔ liè)— all split up and in pieces (idiom); disunity (in an organization)
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