换工 (huàn gōng) — to exchange labor (work for work, not for money)
Definition
换工 is a rural/folk term for neighbors swapping labor — working for each other in turn, not paying money. Contrast with 打工 (paid wage labor for an employer).
verb
to exchange labor (work for work, not for money)
Examples
- ，换工。Nóng máng shí, lín jū men cháng cháng hù xiāng huàn gōng.During the busy farming season, neighbors often exchange labor with each other.
- ，。Wǒ men gēn zhāng jiā huàn le liǎng tiān gōng, bāng tā men shōu mài zi.We exchanged two days of labor with the Zhang family to help them harvest wheat.
- 换工。Zhè zhǒng huàn gōng fāng shì zài nóng cūn hěn cháng jiàn.This kind of labor exchange is very common in rural areas.
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