消极怠工 (xiāo jí dài gōng) — to work slowly and deliberately underperform as a form of passive resistance; to slack off intentionally (as a protest or due to dissatisfaction)

Definição

Idiom for deliberately working slowly or underperforming as a quiet protest — passive resistance, not open refusal. Implies a political or workplace grievance, unlike casual slacking off.

idiom
to work slowly and deliberately underperform as a form of passive resistanceto slack off intentionally (as a protest or due to dissatisfaction)

Exemplos

  • 消极怠工
    Yuán gōng duì gōng sī de zhèng cè bù mǎn, kāi shǐ xiāo jí dài gōng.
    The employees were dissatisfied with the company's policies and began to work slowly in protest.
  • 消极怠工
    Tā suī rán méi yǒu cí zhí, dàn yì zhí zài xiāo jí dài gōng.
    Although he didn't resign, he has been deliberately slacking off.
  • 消极怠工
    Lǐng dǎo pī píng le nà xiē xiāo jí dài gōng de gōng rén.
    The leader criticized those workers who were deliberately underperforming.

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