劳力 (láo lì) — manpower; labor force; (formal) able-bodied person; manual worker
Definition
Formal written word for 'labor / labor force' as an economic input, or for an able-bodied manual worker. It names labor itself; 劳动 is the more common verb/general term for 'to work' or 'labor' as activity.
noun
manpowerlabor force(formal) able-bodied personmanual worker
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 劳力，。Gōng sī de láo lì bú gòu, xū yào zài zhāo pìn.The company's labor force is insufficient and needs to recruit more.
- 劳力，。Zhè wèi láo lì fēi cháng néng gàn, yí gè rén wán chéng le sān rén de gōng zuò liàng.This worker is very capable; he alone completed the workload of three people.
- ，劳力。Zài zhè ge xiàng mù zhōng, láo lì chéng běn zhàn le yí bàn de yù suàn.In this project, labor costs accounted for half the budget.
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