labor contract / contract between employer and employees governing wages and conditions
物力
wù lì
physical resources (as opposed to labor resources)
催生
cuī shēng
to pressure a younger relative to hurry up and have a baby / (obstetrics) to induce labor / to expedite childbirth / (fig.) to be a driving force in bringing sth into existence
labor pains / (fig.) distress caused by a disruptive change
劳动节
Láo dòng jié
International Labor Day (May Day)
脱皮
tuō pí
(of paint etc) to peel off / to flake off / (of an insect or snake etc) to molt / (of skin) to peel off due to hard labor, blistering or sunburn etc / (fig.) to go through a grueling experience
to make a living doing manual labor / to give sth all one's got
五刑
wǔ xíng
imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4] / Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3]
one able to do light manual labor only / semi-able-bodied or part time (farm) worker
变工
biàn gōng
to exchange labor / labor exchange (system of sharing workforce resources)
厚生劳动省
Hòu shēng Láo dòng shěng
Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (Japan)
五七干校
wǔ qī gàn xiào
May 7 cadre school (farm where urban cadres had to undertake manual labor and study ideology during the Cultural Revolution) (abbr. for 五七幹部學校|五七干部学校[Wu3 Qi1 Gan4 bu4 Xue2 xiao4])
五七干部学校
wǔ qī gàn bù xué xiào
May 7 Cadre School (farm where urban cadres had to undertake manual labor and study ideology during the Cultural Revolution) (abbr. to 五七幹校|五七干校[Wu3 Qi1 Gan4 xiao4])
gōng