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誤工

简误工 · 繁誤工

Mandarin · pinyin wù gōng

to be late for or absent from work
to disrupt one's work; to cause a holdup in the work
loss of working time; a holdup

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工: gōng · labor, work; worker, laborer
误: wù · err, make mistake; interfere

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4–1 · wu4 gong1

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