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磨洋工

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Collocation

1
磨洋工大王
2
喜欢磨洋工
3
你磨什么洋工啊
4
做事情老是磨洋工
5
不要了

Definition

磨洋工

Literally means:

dawdle/inger over one's work

Actually means:

lie down on one's job

It means that one works slowly or intermittently and delays the time. It also means working perfunctorily with low efficiency. Derogatory

干活时动作缓慢,或时常停歇,拖延时间。也指做事不卖力,出的成果不多,或工作效率低下。具有贬义色彩。

Example

Used as predicate, object or attributive. It can be used with other words in between. (作谓语、宾语、定语,中间可插入别的词语)
1
jiā
大家
yào
不要
zài
yánggōng
磨洋工
le
  
,
zhè
diǎn
shìqing
事情
zǎodiǎn
早点
zuò
wán
jiù
可以
zǎodiǎn
早点
huíjiā
回家
ya
  

Let's stop grinding foreign workers, this thing can be done early can go home early ah.

2
fèn
qiān
一千
dào
de
gǎozi
稿子
ràng
打字
  
,
jìng
le
sān
zhōngtóu
钟头
  
dào
到底
zài
shénme
什么
yánggōng
洋工
  
?

A manuscript of less than a thousand words made you type for three hours. What kind of artisen are you grinding?

3
gēn
zuò
合作
le
yuè
jiù
xiàn
发现
zuì
huan
喜欢
yánggōng
磨洋工
  
,
shì
yánggōng
磨洋工
wáng
大王
  

I worked with her for a month and found out that she liked the artisman best and was a miller king.

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