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操劳

cāo láo

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 操勞

操劳 (cāo láo) means "to work hard; to look after". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 操劳 means

1. to work hard
2. to look after

The characters in 操劳

• 操cāoto grasp; to hold; to operate
• 劳láo(bound form) to toil; labor; (bound form) laborer; (bound form) meritorious deed

Example sentences

• 他们不只是洗去汗水、污垢和镇日的操劳，同时也沉浸在闲话家常日常生活当中。
  Tāmen bù zhǐshì xǐ qù hànshuǐ, wū gòu hé zhènrì de cāoláo, tóngshí yě chénjìn zài xiánhuà jiācháng rìcháng shēnghuó dāngzhōng.
  They not only washed off the sweat, dirt and cares of the day in the hot water, but also enjoyed gossiping about everyday affairs.

Where 操劳 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · cǎi–cāo (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read cāo láo correctly.
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