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劳逸

láo yì

2-character word Traditional 勞逸

What 劳逸 means

1. work and rest

The characters in 劳逸

• 劳láo(bound form) to toil; labor; (bound form) laborer; (bound form) meritorious deed
• 逸yì(bound form) to flee; to escape; (bound form) (of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages)…

Words starting with 劳逸

• 劳逸结合láo yì jié héto strike a balance between work and rest (idiom)

Sounds the same

Read láo yì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 劳役forced labor; corvée (labor required of a serf); animal labor

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