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勤劳

qín láo

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 勤勞

勤劳 (qín láo) means "hardworking, industrious (a character trait/virtue)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 勤劳 means

1. hardworking; industrious; diligent

The characters in 勤劳

• 勤qíndiligent; industrious; hardworking; frequent; regular; constant; (bound form) work; duty…
• 劳láo(bound form) to toil; labor; (bound form) laborer; (bound form) meritorious deed

Example sentences

• 中国人民非常勤劳。
  Zhōngguórén mín fēicháng qínláo.
  The Chinese are a hard-working people.
• 日本人是勤劳的民族。
  Rìběnrén shì qínláo de mínzú.
  The Japanese are an industrious people.
• 勤劳的人将获得成功人生。
  An industrious person will succeed in life.
• 勤劳的人将在生活中获得成功。
  Qínláo de rén jiāng zài shēnghuó zhōng huòdé chénggōng.
  An industrious person will succeed in life.
• 他既诚实又勤劳，而他的弟弟正好相反。
  He is honest and hardworking, but his brother is quite otherwise.

Words starting with 勤劳

• 勤劳致富qín láo zhì fùto get rich through hard work

Where 勤劳 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Capability, Energy & Diligence (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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