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劳 láo

to labor, to toil; to do manual work

Strokes
7
Level
HSK 5
Radical
力
Traditional
勞
Type
Ideograph
Made of 艹冖力 ⿱艹⿱冖力

Memory hint: A man lifting 力 a load 冖 of grass 艹

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Example sentences with 劳

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  1. 农民们每天都很辛苦地劳动。
    Nóngmínmen měitiān dōu hěn xīnkǔ de láodòng.
    Farmers work hard laboring every day.
    farmers every-day all very hard (particle) labor
  2. 劳驾,请问洗手间在哪儿?
    Láojià, qǐngwèn xǐshǒujiān zài nǎr?
    Excuse me, where's the restroom?
    excuse-me, please-ask restroom at where (question)
  3. 你最近是不是太劳累了?
    Nǐ zuìjìn shì bu shì tài láolèi le?
    Have you been too exhausted from overworking recently?
    you recently is not is too overworked (particle) (question)
  4. 他一点也不觉得劳累。
    Tā yìdiǎn yě bù juéde láolèi.
    He doesn't feel tired at all.
    he a-bit also not feel overworked
  5. 退休以后,母亲终于不用再操劳了。
    Tuìxiū yǐhòu, mǔqīn zhōngyú bú yòng zài cāoláo le.
    After retirement, mother finally didn't need to toil anymore.
    retire after, mother finally not need again toil (particle)

Words with 劳 (6)