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半日工作

Mandarin · pinyin bàn rì gōng zuò

part-time work in which one works each day for a half-day, typically a morning or an afternoon

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半: bàn · half
日: rì · sun; day; daytime
工: gōng · labor, work; worker, laborer
作: zuò · make; work; compose, write; act, perform

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4–4–1–4 · ban4 ri4 gong1 zuo4

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bun3 jat6 gung1 zok3

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