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误工

wù gōng

2-character word Traditional 誤工

What 误工 means

1. to be late for or absent from work
2. to disrupt one's work; to cause a holdup in the work
3. loss of working time; a holdup

The characters in 误工

• 误wùmistake; error; to miss
• 工gōngwork; worker; skill

Sounds the same

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

• 务工to work as a laborer

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