劳务

láo wù · HSK 7

service

🛠️💼 劳 = labor/work + 务 = affairs/duty → labor-for-hire = paid services

劳务 stacks 劳 (toil, the same 劳 in 劳动 labor) with 务 (business, affairs, as in 任务 task). Labor-as-a-business is exactly paid service work — the labor someone does for money, or services in goods-and-services.

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