人工 (rén gōng) — (adjective) artificial, man-made; (noun) manpower, manual labor
Definition
Pairs an adjective 'artificial/man-made' (e.g. 人工湖) with a noun meaning 'manpower/manual labor.' 与 人造 (synthetic, for materials) and 人为 (caused by humans, often negative) differ; 人力 names the workforce itself.
adjective
artificialman-made
noun
manpowermanual labor
Examples
- 人工。Zhè ge rén gōng hú shì qù nián jiàn chéng de.This artificial lake was completed last year.
- 人工。Yòng jī qì kě yǐ jié shěng hěn duō rén gōng.Using machines can save a lot of manpower.
- 人工。Zhè zhǒng huā zhǐ néng kào rén gōng shòu fěn.This kind of flower can only be pollinated artificially (by hand).
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