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卖苦力

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Collocation

1
卖苦力的人
2
宁愿卖苦力
3
不能卖苦力
4
在农村卖苦力

Definition

卖苦力

Literally means:

sell one's labor

Actually means:

do hard manual work

It means doing hard labor for others in order to make a living.

替人干重体力活儿,以便换取生活费。

Example

Used as predicate, object or attributive. (作谓语、定语、宾语)
1
méiyǒu
没有
wénhuà
文化
  
,
méiyǒu
没有
shǒu
手艺
  
,
mài
苦力
  
,
néng
gàn
shénme
什么
  
?

He has no culture, no craft, no hard work, what can he do?

2
shí
那时
hóu
  
,
mài
苦力
de
rén
tiān
zhēng
de
qián
zhǐnéng
只能
yǎnghuo
养活
自己
rén
  

At that time, hard-working people earn money a day can only feed themselves.

3
zài
wài
dāng
企当
shū
秘书
suīrán
虽然
gōng
工资
duō
diǎn
  
,
dànshì
但是
gōngzuò
工作
shíjiān
时间
cháng
特长
  
,
yàoshi
要是
shēn
身体
tiáojiàn
条件
许可
  
,
dǎo
nìngyuàn
宁愿
mài
苦力
  
,
gàn
wán
xiǎoshí
小时
jiù
méishì
没事
le
  

I work as a secretary in a foreign company although the salary is a little more, but the working hours are very long, if the physical conditions permit, I would rather work hard, after eight hours will be all right.