qín gōng jiǎn xué

Traditional: 勤工儉學

HSK 7–9

勤工俭学 (qín gōng jiǎn xué) is a Chinese word meaning “to work part-time while studying; work-study program”.

Meanings

  1. 1to work part-time while studying
  2. 2work-study program

Characters in 勤工俭学

勤qín · diligent; industrious; hardworking工gōng · work俭jiǎn · (bound form) frugal; thrifty学xué · to learn

Related words

工作to work学校school学to learn大学university大学the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1] in Confucianism学生student学习to learn特工secret service科学science上学to go to school学会to learn; to master员工staff; personnel; employee

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