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stop work

Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

xie1gong1 xiēgōng

Meaning


Primary

stop work

Alternatives

to stop work, stop working, stopped working

Mnemonic


To 歇工 stop work is to cease 工 work and go 歇 rest instead.

Usage


工人 因为 雨天 歇工。

The workers stopped working because of the rain.

工人们 下午 歇工 了。

The workers stopped working in the afternoon.