加班加点 (jiā bān jiā diǎn) — to work overtime, to put in extra hours

Definition

An idiom meaning to put in extra hours and effort, going beyond the normal workday. As a separable phrase, 加班 and 加点 can split — e.g. 加了三天的班 and 加了一个月的点.

idiom

to work overtimeto put in extra hours

Examples

，加班加点。
Zuì jìn xiàng mù hěn jǐn, dà jiā dōu zài jiā bān jiā diǎn dì gōng zuò.
The project is very tight recently; everyone is working overtime.
，加班加点。
Wèi le wán chéng rèn wu, tā men jiā bān jiā diǎn le yí gè yuè.
To complete the task, they worked overtime for a whole month.
加班加点，。
Lǎo bǎn yāo qiú wǒ men jiā bān jiā diǎn, yuán gōng dōu hěn lèi.
The boss demands that we work overtime, and the employees are all very tired.

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