Chinese

加班

/t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ pän⁵⁵/
to work overtime; to work late
  • HSK 4
  • TOCFL 4

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  • characterChinese加 “to put on top of another object”
    • ideaChinese力 “physical strength; physical power; energy”
    • ideaChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”
  • characterChinese班 “group; party; class”
    • ideaChinese珏 “pieces of jade”
    • ideaChinese刀 “knife; blade (Classifier: 把 m c g h j mb md w x; 張/张 c h; 叢/丛 mn; 支 mn mn-t)”

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