上工 (shǎng) — to start work (for manual labor, factory, or farm work); to go to work (in a physical-labor context)
Definition
上工 (shàng gōng) means to start or go to work, used for manual labor, factory, or farm jobs — not office work.
verb
to start work (for manual labor, factory, or farm work)to go to work (in a physical-labor context)
Examples
- 上工。Gōng rén men měi tiān zǎo shàng qī diǎn shǎng.The workers start work at seven every morning.
- ，。Tā jīn tiān méi lái shàng gōng, yīn wèi shēng bìng le.He didn't come to work today because he was sick.
- 。Zhè ge yuè wǒ shàng le èr shí tiān gōng.I worked twenty days this month.
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