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怠工

dài gōng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

怠工 (dài gōng) means "to slacken off in one's work; to go slow (as a form of strike)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 怠工 means

1. to slacken off in one's work
2. to go slow (as a form of strike)

The characters in 怠工

• 怠dàiidle; lazy; negligent
• 工gōngwork; worker; skill

Sounds the same

Read dài gōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 代工OEM (original equipment manufacturer)

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