WordTaiwan frequency #29,679
偷工減料
ㄊㄡ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄠˋ
“to cut corners in work or materials; to skimp on labor and supplies, compromising quality”
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偷
ㄊㄡ
to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; stealthily; secretly; to sneak; a thief; to steal time
工
ㄍㄨㄥ
Work; a worker or laborer; skill or craft; a trade or profession; large-scale construction; industry.
減
ㄐㄧㄢˇ
To decrease or reduce something; to subtract; to lower or diminish; to be less than or inferior to; a subtraction operation.
料
ㄌㄧㄠˋ
material; stuff; ingredients; to expect; to anticipate; to guess; to consider; to conjecture; subject matter; feed for animals; measure word for traditional Chinese medicine doses.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 工作ㄍㄨㄥ ㄗㄨㄛˋto work; to operate (of a machine); job; task; employment; labor
- 資料ㄗ ㄌㄧㄠˋdata; information; material; resources; profile (Internet)
- 工程ㄍㄨㄥ ㄔㄥˊengineering; a project or undertaking involving construction, manufacturing, or large-scale technical work; a planned work process in fields like civil, mechanical, or hydraulic engineering.
- 員工ㄩㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄥemployee; staff member; personnel; a person hired by an employer to work in exchange for wages.
- 減少ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄠˇto reduce; to decrease; to lessen; to lower in amount, size, or degree.
- 志工ㄓˋ ㄍㄨㄥa volunteer; a person who offers unpaid service to a public or charitable organization.
- 工廠ㄍㄨㄥ ㄔㄤˇfactory; manufacturing plant where raw materials or semi-finished goods are turned into finished products using machines and workers; typically includes production, operations, and management departments
- 工具ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄩˋtool; instrument; utensil; means to achieve a goal; something used to accomplish a purpose
- 工業ㄍㄨㄥ ㄧㄝˋindustry; the sector of the economy concerned with manufacturing and production of goods.
- 料理ㄌㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧˇto cook; cuisine; to arrange or handle; to take care of; to torment or torture.
- 勞工ㄌㄠˊ ㄍㄨㄥlaborer; worker employed to do manual or physical work in exchange for wages; labor (as a general concept).
- 材料ㄘㄞˊ ㄌㄧㄠˋmaterial; raw material; data; (fig.) a person with potential for a certain role