劳 (勞) láo
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láo
verb
to toil
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '勞' v 1; Kroll 2015 '勞' láo 1a, p. 255; Unihan '勞') -
láo
verb
to put somebody to the trouble of
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 麻烦 (Guoyu '勞' v 2; Kroll 2015 '勞' lào 3, p. 255; XHZD '劳' 3, p. 419) -
láo
noun
labour; work
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '勞' láo 1, p. 255; XHZD '劳' 1, p. 419) -
láo
verb
to reward with gifts
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '勞' lào 2a, p. 255; XHZD '劳' 4, p. 419) -
láo
verb
to worry; to be depressed
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '勞' láo 1b, p. 255) -
láo
adjective
fatigued; weary
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 劳累 or 疲劳 (Guoyu '勞' adj) -
láo
adjective
achievement; a meritorious deed
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 劳绩 or 小功 (Guoyu '勞' n 1; XHZD '劳' 5, p. 419) -
láo
noun
a worker; a laborer
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 劳动者 (Guoyu '勞' n 3) -
láo
noun
fatigue
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 劳 is synonymous with 疾病 (Guoyu '勞' n 2; XHZD '劳' 2, p. 419) -
lào
verb
to express sympathy; to comfort
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '勞' lào; Kroll 2015 '勞' lào 1, p. 255) -
láo
verb
to thank; to recognize
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '勞' lào 2, p. 255)
Contained in
- 积劳(積勞) to accumulate merit ; to be exhausted
- 劳民伤财(勞民傷財) waste of manpower and resources
- 以佚待劳(以佚待勞) to wait at ease while the enemy is toiling
- 外劳(外勞) foreign worker
- 劳动(勞動) to do physical labor ; physical labor; toil ; to trouble; to inconvenience
- 拉文克劳(拉文克勞) Ravenclaw (Harry Potter)
- 神劳形瘁(神勞形瘁) to be completely drained both emotionally and physically
- 劳什子(勞什子) nuisance; pain
- 尘劳(塵勞) toil
- 劳驾(勞駕) excuse me ; thank you for coming to visit
- 劳而无功(勞而無功) hard work to no avail
- 草原灰伯劳(草原灰伯勞) steppe grey shrike (Lanius pallidirostris)
- 劳雇(勞雇) labor and employer
- 劳资合作(勞資合作) cooperation of labor and capitalists
- 不辞劳苦(不辭勞苦) to spare no effort
- 劳伤(勞傷) disorder of internal organs caused by overexertion
- 劳埃德(勞埃德) Lloyd (name) / Lloyd's (London-based insurance group)
- 酬劳(酬勞) a reward
- 灰背伯劳(灰背伯勞) grey-backed shrike (Lanius tephronotus)
- 勤劳(勤勞) hardworking; industrious; diligent
- 劳步(勞步) thank you for coming to visit
- 伯劳鸟(伯勞鳥) shrike
- 疲劳(疲勞) fatigued; weary
- 劳教(勞教) reeducation through labor
- 效劳(效勞) to serve (in some capacity); to work for
- 吃苦耐劳(吃苦耐勞) hardworking and enduring hardships
- 劳动人民(勞動人民) working people; the workers of Socialist theory or of the glorious Chinese past
- 美劳(美勞) arts and crafts (as a school subject)
- 烦劳(煩勞) to put somebody to trouble (of doing sth); vexation; inconvenience
- 忧劳(憂勞) to worry and toil
- 犒劳(犒勞) to reward with food and drink; to feast; presents of food etc made to troops
- 偏劳(偏勞) undue trouble; thank you for having gone out of your way to help me
- 劳役(勞役) forced labor; animal labor
- 劳动者(勞動者) a worker; a laborer
- 劳拉西泮(勞拉西泮) Lorazepam
- 劳燕分飞(勞燕分飛) the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions
- 功劳(功勞) contribution; merit; acheivement
- 劳力(勞力) labor; able-bodied worker; laborer; work force
- 劳改(勞改) reform through labor; laogai (prison camp)
- 不劳而获(不勞而獲) to reap without sowing
- 房劳(房勞) deficiency of kidney essence due to sexual excess (TCM)
- 劳神(勞神) to be a tax on (one's mind); to bother; to trouble; to be concerned
- 劳苦功高(勞苦功高) arduous toil leading to a great achievment
- 劳委会(勞委會) labor committee
- 徒劳无功(徒勞無功) to work to no avail
- 宵旰焦劳(宵旰焦勞) weary toil all day
- 朝鲜劳动党(朝鮮勞動黨) Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party of North Korea
- 南灰伯劳(南灰伯勞) southern grey shrike (Lanius meridionalis)
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- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 18
- 卷三 Scroll 3 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 18
- 卷九 主術訓 Chapter 9: The Sovereign's Methods Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 13
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 13
- 卷65 邢巒 李平 Volume 65: Xing Luan, Li Ping Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 12
- 卷四十三 列傳第三十一: 郭祚 張彝 邢巒 李崇 Volume 43 Biographies 31: Gao Zuo, Zhang Yi, Xing Luan, Li Chong History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 11
- Full Text Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經 — count: 11
- 卷二百五十九 列傳第一百四十七 楊鎬 袁應泰 熊廷弼 袁崇煥 趙光抃 Volume 259 Biographies 147: Yang Gao, Yuan Yingtai, Xiong Tingbi, Yuan Chonghuan, Zhao Guangbian History of Ming 明史 — count: 11
- 秋官司寇 第五 5. Office of Autumn and Minister of Justice Rites of Zhou 周禮 — count: 11
- 卷九十一 志第四十四 河渠一 Volume 91 Treatises 44: Rivers and Canals 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 11
Collocations
- 郊劳 (郊勞) 自郊勞至于贈賄 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 11
- 君劳 (君勞) 無使君勞 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧碩人 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Shuo Ren — count: 5
- 劳止 (勞止) 民亦勞止 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧民勞 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Min Lu — count: 5
- 室劳 (室勞) 靡室勞矣 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧氓 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Mang — count: 4
- 实劳 (實勞) 實勞我心 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧燕燕 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Yan Yan — count: 4
- 民劳 (民勞) 民勞 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧民勞 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Min Lu — count: 4
- 吊劳 (吊勞) 王吊勞士庶子 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 夏官司馬 第四 4. Offices of Summer and Minister of War — count: 4
- 大夫劳 (大夫勞) 夫人使下大夫劳以二竹簋方 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 聘禮 第八 8. Rites of courtesy calls — count: 3
- 劳农 (勞農) 休老勞農 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《王制》 Royal Regulations — count: 3
- 劳王 (勞王) 不貪其土以勞王爵 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 3