勤劳

qínláo · HSK 7

hardworking

🐜 勤 diligent + 劳 labor = hardworking; an ant that never stops working

勤 means diligent/industrious and 劳 means labor or toil, so 勤劳 stacks two work words into one steady, industrious worker. Sound: qínláo, like keen-lao, a keen laborer.

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